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Cercartetus lepidus (Tasmanian pygmy possum)
Taxonomy
Cercartetus lepidus was named by Thomas (1888). It is extant.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Cercartetus lepidus Thomas |
| 1989 | Cercartetus lepidus Turner and McKay |
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Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 [Tasmanian pygmy possum]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Cercartetus lepidus (182967) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Cercartetus lepidus (136076 136430) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Cercartetus lepidus (136075 182920 183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Cercartetus lepidus (136072 181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Cercartetus lepidus (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Cercartetus lepidus (136172) |