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Thylamys (fat-tailed mouse opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Thylamys was named by Gray (1843). It is extant. It is the type genus of Thylamyinae.

It was assigned to Thylamyini by Patton et al. (1996); to Marmosini by Goin (1997) and Goin (1997); and to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988) and Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Thylamys Gray
1988Thylamys Carroll
1996Thylamys Patton et al. p. 4
1997Thylamys Goin
2006Thylamys Salles et al. p. 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMarmosiniReig et al. 1987
genusThylamysGray 1843

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. Thylamys Gray 1843 [fat-tailed mouse opossum]
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†Thylamys colombianus Goin 1997
†Thylamys contrerasi Mones 1980
Thylamys macrurus Olfers 1818
†Thylamys minutus Goin 1997
Thylamys pallidior Thomas 1902
†Thylamys pinei Goin et al. 2000
Thylamys pusillus Desmarest 1804
Thylamys venustus Thomas 1902
†Thylamys zettii Goin 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:48:59
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:48:59
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Goin 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Laventan to the top of the Holocene or 13.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Peru (San Martin) Thylamys colombianus (230802)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Thylamys minutus (133648 188249) Thylamys minutus, Thylamys colombianus (188243)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Thylamys minutus, Thylamys colombianus (13749)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Santa Rosa) Thylamys colombianus (232447)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Thylamis sp. (87198) Thylamys pinei (140925 151498 152065 152066) Thylamys zetti (204598)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thylamys zettii (211640)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thylamys contrerasi (199153) Thylamys pusillus, Thylamys contrerasi (198863)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Thylamys sp. (211820)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Thylamys macrura, Thylamys sp. (92813)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Thylamys sp. (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Catamarca) Thylamys sp. (216692)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Mendoza) Thylamys pallidior (71311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) Thylamys sp. (71280)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thylamys pusillus (63338)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (La Pampa) Thylamys pallidior (212470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Mendoza) Thylamys pallidior (212466 212467)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Thylamys sp. (211634)