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Isoodon obesulus

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Taxonomy
Isoodon obesulus was named by Shaw (1797). It is not extant. Its type specimen is QM F44548, a set of teeth (lower left M1).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Isoodon obesulus Shaw fig. 2
2005Isoodon obesulus Wilson and Reeder

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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
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
genusIsoodonDesmarest 1817
speciesobesulusShaw 1797

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.

Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:37:19
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:37:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Western Australia) Isoodon obesulus (181322)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus (28298 136073 136076 136159 136430)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Isoodon obesulus (96015 96019)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Isoodon obesulus (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus (182920 183262 183263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Isoodon obesulus (181897 182321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus (136072 181314)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Isoodon obesulus (235090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Isoodon obesulus (183094)