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Dasyurini
Taxonomy
Dasyurini was named by Goldfuss (1820). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasyurinae by Krajewski et al. (1992) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Dasyurinae by Krajewski et al. (1992) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1820 | Dasyurini Goldfuss |
| 1992 | Dasyurini Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
| 2005 | Dasyurini Wilson and Reeder |
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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.
Tr. Dasyurini Goldfuss 1820
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G. Dasycercus Peters 1875 [mulgara]
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Dasycercus cristicauda Krefft 1866 [mulgara]
†Dasycercus worboysi Dawson et al. 1999
G. Dasyuroides Spencer 1896 [kowari]
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Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer 1896
†Dasyuroides ochilpatna Archer 1982
G. Dasyurus Geoffroy 1796 [quoll]
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Dasyurus albopunctatus Schlegel 1880 [New Guinean quoll]
†Dasyurus dunmalli Bartholomai 1971
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840 [Western quoll]
Dasyurus hallucatus Gould 1842 [Northern quoll]
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 [tiger quoll]
Dasyurus spartacus Van Dyck 1987 [Bronze quoll]
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 [eastern quoll]
G. Myoictis Gray 1858
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Myoictis leucura Woolley 2005 [Woolleys three-striped dasyure]
Myoictis melas Müller 1840 [Three-striped dasyure]
Myoictis wallacii Gray 1858 [Wallaces dasyure]
Myoictis wavicus Tate 1947 [Tates three-striped dasyure]
G. Sarcophilus Cuvier 1837 [Tasmanian devil]
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Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841 [Tasmanian devil]
†Sarcophilus laniarius Owen 1838
†Sarcophilus moornaensis Crabb 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus dunmalli (13318 144177) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus sp. (70557) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus dunmalli (135691) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Dasyurus sp. (182150) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyuroides achilpatna, Dasyurus hallucatus, Sarcophilus moornaensis (136155) Dasyurus indet. (182212) Dasyurus indet., Sarcophilus indet. (182211 182213) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus laniarius (182160) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus geoffroii (181322) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Sarcophilus laniarius (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus hallucatus, Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii (96015) Dasyurus viverinus, Sarcophilus laniarius, Dasyurus maculatus (96019) Sarcophilus laniarius (95899) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii (136430) Sarcophilus laniarius, Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus viverrinus (136073 136076) Sarcophilus laniarius, Dasyurus viverrinus (28298) Sarcophilus liniarius, Dasyurus viverrinus (136159) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus sp. (70582) Sarcophilus sp., Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus geoffroii (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasycercus cristicauda (182919) Dasyurus geoffroni, Dasycercus cristicauda (182924) Dasyurus geoffroni, Sarcophilus harrisi, Dasycercus cristicauda (182925) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Sarcophilus laniarius, Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii, Dasycercus cristicauda (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus viverrinus (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus viverrinus (183095) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus sp. (194845) Sarcophilus laniarius, Dasyurus viverrinus (136730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasycercus indet., Dasyurus viverrinus (182920) Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus viverrinus (183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus viverrinus (136072 182957) Sarcophilus harisii, Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus geoffroii (181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus indet. (182001) Sarcophilus laniarius (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus sp. (92837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus viverrinus (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus indet. (183085) Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii, Sarcophilus harrisii (136172) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasyurus sp., Sarcophilus sp. (182819) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus hallucatus (21688) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus maculatus (235090) |