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Dasycercus (mulgara)
Taxonomy
Dasycercus was named by Peters (1875). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasyuridae by Wroe (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Dasyurinae by Dawson et al. (1999); to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Dasyuromorphia by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
It was assigned to Dasyuridae by Wroe (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Dasyurinae by Dawson et al. (1999); to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Dasyuromorphia by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Dasycercus Peters |
| 1992 | Dasycercus Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
| 1996 | Dasycercus Wroe p. 1040 |
| 1997 | Dasycercus McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Dasycercus Dawson et al. p. 268 |
| 2005 | Dasycercus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2010 | Dasycercus Ladaveze and Muizon |
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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. Dasycercus Peters 1875 [mulgara]
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Dasycercus cristicauda Krefft 1866 [mulgara]
†Dasycercus worboysi Dawson et al. 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasycercus cristicauda (182919 182924 182925) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasycercus cristicauda (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasycercus indet. (182920) |