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Marmosa (mouse opossum)
Taxonomy
Marmosa was named by Gray (1821). It is extant. It is the type genus of Marmosinae.
It was assigned to Marmosini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006) and Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
It was assigned to Marmosini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006) and Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Marmosa Gray |
| 1988 | Marmosa Carroll |
| 1996 | Marmosa Patton et al. p. 4 |
| 2006 | Marmosa Salles et al. p. 7 |
| 2010 | Marmosa Ladaveze and Muizon |
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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. Marmosa Gray 1821 [mouse opossum]
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Marmosa collega Thomas 1920
†Marmosa contrerasi Mones 1980
Marmosa demerarae Thomas 1905
Marmosa domina Thomas 1920
Marmosa lepida Thomas 1888
Marmosa limae Thomas 1920
Marmosa mexicana Merriam 1897 [Mexican mouse opposum]
Marmosa murina Linnaeus 1758 [Linnaeus's mouse opossum]
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Invalid names: Didelphis dorsigera Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Marmosa paraguayana Tate 1931
Marmosa regina Thomas 1898
Marmosa robinsoni Bangs 1898
Marmosa rubra Tate 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Marmosa sp. (133648) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Santa Rosa) | Marmosa sp. (232447) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Marmosa contrerasi (145757) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Marmosa indet. (14176) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Marmosa canescens (71305) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Marmosa sp. (92815) | |
| Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Marmosa sp. (140803) | |
| Lujanian | Peru (Piura) | Marmosa sp. (145500) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Marmosa mexicana (71264) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Marmosa sp. (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Marmosa cinerea (71332) Marmosa sp. (71334) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Marmosa cinerea, Marmosa parvidens, Marmosa murina (21687) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Marmosa sp. (71327 71328 71329) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Marmosa sp. (211634) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Marmosa robinsoni (21686) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Marmosa robinsoni (21691) |