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Dasyuroides (kowari)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Taxonomy
Dasyuroides was named by Spencer (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992); and to Dasyuridae by Wroe (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Dasyuroides Spencer
1992Dasyuroides Krajewski et al. p. 20
1996Dasyuroides Wroe p. 1040
1997Dasyuroides McKenna and Bell

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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
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
genusDasyuroidesSpencer 1896

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. Dasyuroides Spencer 1896 [kowari]
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Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer 1896
Dasyuroides ochilpatna Archer 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:35:44
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:35:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (New South Wales) Dasyuroides achilpatna (136155)