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Sminthopsis crassicaudata (fat-tailed dunnart)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Taxonomy
Phascogale crassicaudata was named by Gould (1844). It is extant. It is the type species of Sminthopsis.

It was recombined as Sminthopsis crassicaudata by Krajewski et al. (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Phascogale crassicaudata Gould
1992Sminthopsis crassicaudata Krajewski et al. p. 20

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyDasyuridaeGoldfuss 1820
subfamilySminthopsinae
tribeSminthopsiniArcher 1982
genusSminthopsisThomas 1887
speciescrassicaudata(Gould 1844)

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.

Sminthopsis crassicaudata Gould 1844 [fat-tailed dunnart]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:36:59
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:36:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (136076 136430)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (96015)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (136225 182919 182924)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (70581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (182920 183262 183263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (136072 182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Sminthopsis crassicaudata (136172)