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Phascolarctos maris

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae

Taxonomy
Phascolarctos maris was named by Pledge (1987). Its type specimen is SAM P24801, a set of teeth (lower left M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Phascolarctos maris Pledge p. 327 figs. 1-3

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
familyPhascolarctidaeOwen 1839
genusPhascolarctosde Blainville 1816
speciesmaris

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.

Phascolarctos maris Pledge 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:27:25
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:27:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Phascolarctos maris (50343)