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Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)
Taxonomy
Ursinus harrisii was named by Boitard (1841). It is extant.
It was recombined as Sarcophilus harrisii by Krajewski et al. (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Sarcophilus laniarius by Jones (1997).
It was recombined as Sarcophilus harrisii by Krajewski et al. (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Sarcophilus laniarius by Jones (1997).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Ursinus harrisii Boitard |
| 1992 | Sarcophilus harrisii Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
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Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841 [Tasmanian devil]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Sarcophilus harrisii (181322) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Sarcophilus harrisii (96015) |