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Antechinus (antechinus)
Taxonomy
Antechinus was named by Macleay (1841). It is extant. Its type is Antechinus stuartii.
It was assigned to Phascogalinae by Krajewski et al. (1992) and Dawson et al. (1999); to Dasyuridae by Wroe (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Van Dyck (2002); and to Phascogalini by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Phascogalinae by Krajewski et al. (1992) and Dawson et al. (1999); to Dasyuridae by Wroe (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Van Dyck (2002); and to Phascogalini by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
A. adustus, A. agilis, A. bellus, A. flavipes, A. godmani, A. leo, A. minimus, A. puteus, A. stuartii (type species), A. subtropicus, A. swainsonii, A. yammal, A. yuna
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Antechinus Macleay |
| 1992 | Antechinus Krajewski et al. p. 20 |
| 1996 | Antechinus Wroe p. 1038 |
| 1997 | Antechinus McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Antechinus Dawson et al. p. 270 |
| 2002 | Antechinus Van Dyck |
| 2005 | Antechinus Wilson and Reeder |
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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. Antechinus Macleay 1841 [antechinus]
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Antechinus adustus Thomas 1923 [Tropical antechinus]
Antechinus agilis Dickman et al. 1998 [Agile antechinus]
Antechinus bellus Thomas 1904 [Fawn antechinus]
Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 [Yellow-footed antechinus]
Antechinus godmani Thomas 1923 [Atherton antechinus]
Antechinus leo Van Dyck 1980 [Cinnamon antechinus]
Antechinus minimus Geoffroy 1803 [Swamp antechinus]
†Antechinus puteus Van Dyck 1982
Antechinus stuartii Macleay 1841 [Brown antechinus]
Antechinus subtropicus Van Dyck and Crowther 2000 [Subtropical antechinus]
Antechinus swainsonii Waterhouse 1840 [Dusky antechinus]
†Antechinus yammal Cramb and Hocknull 2010
†Antechinus yuna Cramb and Hocknull 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Antechinus sp. (181610) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Antechinus sp. (135705) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Antechinus sp. (70556) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Antechinus sp. (182842) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Antechinus sp. (182150) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Antechinus indet. (182213) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Antechinus flavipes (181322) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Antechinus sp. (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Antechinus sp. (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Antechinus flavipes (136076 136430) Antechinus minimus (28298) Antechinus sp. (136159) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Antechinus flavipes (96015 96019) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Antechinus puteus (182162) Antechinus yuna (135738) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Antechinus stuartii, Antechinus swainsonii, Antechinus flavipes (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Antechinus flavipes, Antechinus agilis (182920 183262 183263) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Antechinus sp. (183080) Antechinus yammal (135709) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Antechinus flavipes (136072 181314 182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Antechinus flavipes (182447) Antechinus stuartii, Antechinus swainsonii, Antechinus flavipes (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Antechinus flavipes (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Antechinus stuartii, Antechinus flavipes (21688) |