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Dasycercus (mulgara)

Osteichthyes - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Dasycercus Peters
1992Dasycercus Krajewski et al. p. 20
1996Dasycercus Wroe p. 1040
1997Dasycercus McKenna and Bell
1999Dasycercus Dawson et al. p. 268
2005Dasycercus Wilson and Reeder
2010Dasycercus Ladaveze and Muizon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyDasyuridaeGoldfuss 1820
subfamilyDasyurinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeDasyuriniGoldfuss 1820
genusDasycercusPeters 1875

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 17:11:09
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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Dasycercus cristicauda (182919 182924 182925)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Dasycercus cristicauda (181307)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Dasycercus indet. (182920)