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Simosthenurus occidentalis

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Simosthenurus occidentalis was named by Glauert (1910). Its type specimen is WAM 60.10.2, a maxilla (left and right adult dentaries), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammoth Cave, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert pp. 31-36 figs. 6-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
tribeSimosthenurini
genusSimosthenurusTedford 1966
speciesoccidentalisGlauert 1910

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Simosthenurus occidentalis (118343)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Simosthenurus occidentalis (136458)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) Simosthenurus occidentalis (182621)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Simosthenurus occidentalis (135920 136221 136465 136468 136471 136472 136473 136474 136477 136478 136502)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Simosthenurus occidentalis (95911 136224 136460 136462 136463 136464)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus occidentalis (28298 135896 135983 136076 136107 136109 136159 136193 136423 136427 136428 136429 136430 136431 136432 136433 136434 136435 136442 136783 181305)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Simosthenurus occidentalis (136457 136503 136504)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Simosthenurus occidentalis (136111 136436 136438 136439 136440 136441 136443)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus occidentalis (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Simosthenurus occidentalis (type locality: 136437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Simosthenurus occidentalis (182001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Simosthenurus occidentalis (92837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus occidentalis (136157 182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Simosthenurus occidentalis (182959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus occidentalis (136172)