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Petauroides

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae

Taxonomy
Petauroides was named by Thomas (1888). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pseudocheirinae by Pocock (1921).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Petauroides Thomas
1921Petauroides Pocock p. 607

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyPseudocheiridaeWinge 1893
genusPetauroidesThomas 1888

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. Petauroides Thomas 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:30:57
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:30:57
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Bassarova et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) P. stirtoni (135705)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. volans (136430)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) P. volans (181897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. volans (21688)