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Phascogale (phascogale)
Taxonomy
Phascogale was named by Temminck (1824). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasyurina by Gray (1825); to Phascogalinae by Krajewski et al. (1992); to Dasyuridae by Springer et al. (1994) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phascogalini by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Dasyuromorphia by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
It was assigned to Dasyurina by Gray (1825); to Phascogalinae by Krajewski et al. (1992); to Dasyuridae by Springer et al. (1994) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phascogalini by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Dasyuromorphia by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1824 | Phascogale Temminck |
| 1825 | Phascogale Gray p. 340 |
| 1992 | Phascogale Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
| 1994 | Phascogale Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Phascogale McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Phascogale Wilson and Reeder |
| 2010 | Phascogale 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. Phascogale Temminck 1824 [phascogale]
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Phascogale calura Gould 1844 [Red-tailed phascogale]
Phascogale melanura Thomas 1899 [Black-tailed dasyure]
Phascogale tapoatafa Meyer 1793 [brush-tailed phascogale]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Phascogale tapoatafa (181322) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Phascogale indet. (182212 182213) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascogale sp. (28298) Phascogale tapoatafa (136430) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Phascogale sp. (96019) Phascogale tapoatafa, Phascogale calura (96015) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Phascogale calura (182924 182925) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascogale tapoatafa (183095) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascogale tapoatafa (183263) Phascogale tapoatafa, Phascogale calura (182920 183262) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Phascogale tapoatafa (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascogale tapoatafa (136072 182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascogale tapoatafa (136172) |