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Silvicultor

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia

Taxonomy

Silvicultor was named by Travouillon et al. (2017). Its type is Peroryctes tedfordi.

It was assigned to Perameloidea by Travouillon et al. (2017).

Species

S. karae, S. tedfordi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2017	Silvicultor Travouillon et al. p. 7 figs. Fig. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Peramelemorphia	Ameghino 1889
suborder	Perameloidea
genus	Silvicultor

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. †Silvicultor Travouillon et al. 2017

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†Silvicultor karae Travouillon et al. 2017

†Silvicultor tedfordi Turnbull et al. 2003

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. J. Travouillon et al. 2017	Species of Silvicultor differ from all other peramele- morphians in having StE1 present on M1. They differ from all per- amelemorphians except species of Yarala, Microperoryctes papuensis, and Echymipera clara in having a poorly developed metaconule directly positioned at the base of the metacone on M1. They differ from all peramelemorphians except species of Bulungu, Madju variae, and all New Guinean bandicoots (except M. papuensis and E. clara) in having a well-developed StD1 on M1. They differ from all peramelemorphians except Macrotis lago- tis, E. kalubu, and species of Yarala and Bulungu in having a small StC remnant on M2. They differ from all peramelemorphians except species of Bulungu and all New Guinean bandicoots (except Microperoryctes) in having a well-developed StD1 on M2. They differ from all peramelemorphians except for some species of Perameles (P. pallescens, P. nasuta, P. gunnii, P. sobbei, and P. b. bougainville) in having a posthypocristid orientated perpendicu- lar to the tooth row and connected to the entoconid on m2–3.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialf

Diet:

omnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-07 09:16:13

Modified:

2011-04-27 20:22:07

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	Peroryctes tedfordi (135705)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (New South Wales)	S. karae (181610)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	S. tedfordi (70556)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Australia (New South Wales)	S. karae (182482)