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Dasyurus (quoll)
Taxonomy
Dasyurus was named by Geoffroy (1796). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasyurina by Gray (1825); to Dasyuridae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992), Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Dasyurina by Gray (1825); to Dasyuridae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992), Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1796 | Dasyurus Geoffroy |
| 1825 | Dasyurus Gray p. 340 |
| 1992 | Dasyurus Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
| 1994 | Dasyurus Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 2005 | Dasyurus Wilson and Reeder |
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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. Dasyurus Geoffroy 1796 [quoll]
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Dasyurus albopunctatus Schlegel 1880 [New Guinean quoll]
†Dasyurus dunmalli Bartholomai 1971
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840 [Western quoll]
Dasyurus hallucatus Gould 1842 [Northern quoll]
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 [tiger quoll]
Dasyurus spartacus Van Dyck 1987 [Bronze quoll]
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 [eastern quoll]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus dunmalli (13318 144177) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus dunmalli (135691) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Dasyurus sp. (182150) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasyurus geoffroii (182974) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus hallucatus (136155) Dasyurus indet. (182211 182212 182213) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasyurus geoffroii (181322) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasyurus geoffroni (182924 182925) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus viverrinus (136073 136076) Dasyurus viverrinus (28298 136159) Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii (136430) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus hallucatus, Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii (96015) Dasyurus viverinus, Dasyurus maculatus (96019) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus geoffroii (136221) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus viverrinus (183095) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus viverrinus (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus sp. (194845) Dasyurus viverrinus (136730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus viverrinus (183262 183263) Dasyurus viverrinus (182920) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus viverrinus (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus geoffroii (181314) Dasyurus viverrinus (136072 182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Dasyurus sp. (182819) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dasyurus indet. (183085) Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus geoffroii (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dasyurus maculatus, Dasyurus hallucatus (21688) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Dasyurus maculatus (235090) |