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Gracilinanus (gracile opposum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Gracilinanus was named by Gardner and Creighton (1989). It is extant.

It was assigned to Marmosopsini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphidae by Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton
1996Gracilinanus Patton et al. p. 4
2006Gracilinanus Salles et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
tribeMarmosopsiniKirsch and Palma 1995
genusGracilinanusGardner and Creighton 1989

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton 1989 [gracile opposum]
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Gracilinanus agilis Burmeister 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Gracilinanus sp. (92813 92815)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Gracilinanus sp. (211820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Gracilinanus sp. (211821)