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Sarcophilus (Tasmanian devil)
Taxonomy
Sarcophilus was named by Cuvier (1837). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992); and to Dasyuridae by Lydekker (1894), Marshall (1974), Wroe (1996) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992); and to Dasyuridae by Lydekker (1894), Marshall (1974), Wroe (1996) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Sarcophilus Cuvier |
| 1894 | Sarcophilus Lydekker p. 267 |
| 1974 | Sarcophilus Marshall p. 66 |
| 1992 | Sarcophilus Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
| 1996 | Sarcophilus Wroe p. 1040 |
| 1997 | Sarcophilus McKenna and Bell |
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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. Sarcophilus Cuvier 1837 [Tasmanian devil]
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Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841 [Tasmanian devil]
†Sarcophilus laniarius Owen 1838
†Sarcophilus moornaensis Crabb 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus sp. (70557) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus laniarius (182160) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Sarcophilus harrisii (181322) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Sarcophilus indet. (182211 182213) Sarcophilus moornaensis (136155) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Sarcophilus laniarius (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Sarcophilus harrisi (182925) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus sp. (70582 136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Sarcophilus laniarius (28298 136073 136076) Sarcophilus liniarius (136159) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Sarcophilus harrisii (96015) Sarcophilus laniarius (95899 96019) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Sarcophilus laniarius (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sarcophilus laniarius (136730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Sarcophilus harisii (181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus sp. (92837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Sarcophilus indet. (182001) Sarcophilus laniarius (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Sarcophilus harrisii (136172) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Sarcophilus sp. (182819) |