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Thylacomyidae
Taxonomy
Thylacomyinae was named by Bensley (1903). It is extant.
It was corrected as Thylacomyidae by Nowak (1991), Springer et al. (1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Travouillon et al. (2014) and Travouillon et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Peramelidae by Bensley (1903); to Peramelina by Nowak (1991) and Springer et al. (1994); to Peramelemorphia by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Travouillon et al. (2014); and to Perameloidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Travouillon et al. (2017).
It was corrected as Thylacomyidae by Nowak (1991), Springer et al. (1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Travouillon et al. (2014) and Travouillon et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Peramelidae by Bensley (1903); to Peramelina by Nowak (1991) and Springer et al. (1994); to Peramelemorphia by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Travouillon et al. (2014); and to Perameloidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Travouillon et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Thylacomyinae Bensley |
| 1991 | Thylacomyidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Thylacomyidae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Thylacomyidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Thylacomyidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2014 | Thylacomyidae Travouillon et al. pp. 376-7 |
| 2017 | Thylacomyidae Travouillon et al. p. 5 |
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Subfm. Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903
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G. Macrotis Reid 1837
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Macrotis lagotis Reid 1837 [bilby]
Macrotis leucura Thomas 1887 [Lesser bilby]
Invalid names: Thylacomys Owen 1838 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Liyamayi dayi (182167) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Liyamayi dayi (201946) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Ischnodon australis (182101) Ischnodon sp. (182915) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Macrotis lagotis (182919 182924 182925) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Macrotis lagotis (181307) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Macrotis sp. (181306) |