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Petaurus (wrist-winged glider)
Taxonomy
Petaurus was named by Shaw (1791). It is extant. It is the type genus of Petauridae.
It was reranked as Sciurus (Petaurus) by Kerr (1792).
It was assigned to Sciurus by Kerr (1792); to Phalangistina by Gray (1825); to Petauridae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Petaurinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was reranked as Sciurus (Petaurus) by Kerr (1792).
It was assigned to Sciurus by Kerr (1792); to Phalangistina by Gray (1825); to Petauridae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Petaurinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1791 | Petaurus Shaw |
| 1792 | Sciurus (Petaurus) Kerr |
| 1814 | Ptilotus Fischer |
| 1825 | Petaurus Gray p. 340 |
| 1839 | Petaurus (Belideus) Waterhouse |
| 1841 | Xenochirus Gloger |
| 1916 | Petaurus (Petaurella) Matschie |
| 1916 | Petaurus (Petaurula) Matschie |
| 1994 | Petaurus Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Petaurus McKenna and Bell p. 66 |
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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. Petaurus Shaw 1791 [wrist-winged glider]
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Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse 1839 [sugar glider]
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Petaurus breviceps ariel Gould 1842
Petaurus breviceps biacensis Ulmer 1940
Petaurus breviceps breviceps Waterhouse 1839
Petaurus breviceps flavidus Tate and Archbold 1935
Petaurus breviceps longicaudatus Longman 1924
Petaurus breviceps papuanus Thomas 1888
Petaurus breviceps tafa Tate and Archbold 1935
Invalid names: Petaurus (Belideus) notatus Peters 1859 [synonym], Petaurus kohlsi Troughton 1945 [synonym]
Petaurus gracilis De Vis 1883 [mahogany glider]
Petaurus norfolcensis Kerr 1792 [squirrel glider]
Invalid names: Petaurus (Belideus) Waterhouse 1839 [invalid subgroup], Petaurus (Petaurella) Matschie 1916 [invalid subgroup], Petaurus (Petaurula) Matschie 1916 [invalid subgroup], Ptilotus Fischer 1814 [objective synonym], Xenochirus Gloger 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Smith 1973, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Petaurus breviceps (96015) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Petaurus breviceps (28298 136076) Petaurus norfolcensis, Petaurus breviceps (136430) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Petaurus breviceps (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Petaurus norfolcensis, Petaurus breviceps (182920 183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Petaurus breviceps (136072 182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Petaurus breviceps (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Petaurus breviceps (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Petaurus australis, Petaurus norfolcensis, Petaurus breviceps (21688) |