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Acrobates (feathertail glider)
Taxonomy
Acrobates was named by Desmarest (1818). It is extant. Its type is Didelphis pygmaea.
It was assigned to Macropina by Gray (1825); to Acrobatidae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Burramyidae by Turner and McKay (1989) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Macropina by Gray (1825); to Acrobatidae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Burramyidae by Turner and McKay (1989) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Acrobates Desmarest |
| 1825 | Acrobata Gray p. 339 |
| 1989 | Acrobates Turner and McKay |
| 1994 | Acrobates Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Acrobates 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. Acrobates Desmarest 1818 [feathertail glider]
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Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 [feathertail glider]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Acrobates pygmaeus (96015) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (136076) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (182920 183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (136072) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Acrobates pygmaeus (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (183085) |