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Palaeopetaurus
Taxonomy
Palaeopetaurus was named by Broom (1896). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Phalangeridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Phalangeridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Palaeopetaurus Broom p. 47 |
| 1997 | Palaeopetaurus 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. †Palaeopetaurus Broom 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | P. elegans (182447) |