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Thylacinus cynocephalus (thylacine)
Taxonomy
Didelphis cynocephala was named by Harris (1808).
It was recombined as Thylacinus cynocephalus by Marshall (1974), Krajewski et al. (1992).
It was recombined as Thylacinus cynocephalus by Marshall (1974), Krajewski et al. (1992).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1808 | Didelphis cynocephala Harris |
| 1974 | Thylacinus cynocephalus Marshall p. 66 |
| 1992 | Thylacinus cynocephalus Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
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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.
†Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 [thylacine]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (28298 136073 136159 181305) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (96015 96018 182069) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (183095) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (136730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (136074 136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (92837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (182321) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (136072 182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (136172) | |
| Holocene | Papua New Guinea | Thylacinus cynocephalus (223797) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Thylacinus cynocephalus (181677) |