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Pseudocheiridae (ringtail possum)
Taxonomy
Pseudocheiridae was named by Winge (1893). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Pseudocheirinae by Pocock (1921) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Phalangeridae by Pocock (1921); to Phalangeriformes by Springer et al. (1994); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991) and Wroe (1998); to Petauroidea by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Phalangerida by Dawson et al. (1999), Munemasa et al. (2006) and Roberts et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the family Pseudocheirinae by Pocock (1921) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Phalangeridae by Pocock (1921); to Phalangeriformes by Springer et al. (1994); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991) and Wroe (1998); to Petauroidea by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Phalangerida by Dawson et al. (1999), Munemasa et al. (2006) and Roberts et al. (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1893 | Pseudocheiridae Winge |
| 1921 | Pseudocheirinae Pocock p. 607 |
| 1991 | Pseudocheiridae Nowak |
| 1994 | Pseudocheiridae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1998 | Pseudocheiridae Wroe |
| 1999 | Pseudocheiridae Dawson et al. p. 283 |
| 2005 | Pseudocheirinae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Pseudocheiridae Munemasa et al. p. 189 |
| 2007 | Pseudocheiridae Roberts et al. p. 2 |
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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.
Fm. Pseudocheiridae Winge 1893 [ringtail possum]
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G. †Marlu Woodburne et al. 1987
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†Marlu karya Wroe 1998
†Marlu kutjamarpensis Woodburne et al. 1987
†Marlu kutjamarpensis Woodburne et al. 1987
†Marlu preacursor Woodburne et al. 1987
†Marlu syke Wroe 1998
G. †Pildra Woodburne et al. 1987
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†Pildra antiquus Woodburne et al. 1987
†Pildra magnus Pledge 1987
†Pildra secundus Woodburne et al. 1987
†Pildra tertius Woodburne et al. 1987
G. Pseudocheirus Ogilby 1837 [ring-tailed possum]
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†Pseudocheirus albertisii Peters 1974
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 [common ringtail possum]
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Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis Thomas 1888
Invalid names: Didelphis caudivolvula Kerr 1792 [objective synonym], Didelphis novaehollandiae Bechstein 1800 [objective synonym], Phalangista banksii Gray 1838 [objective synonym]
†Pseudocheirus stirtoni Turnbull and Lundelius 1970
Pseudochirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 [common ringtail possum]
G. Pseudochirops Marschie 1915 [green ringtail]
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Pseudochirops albertisii Peters 1874 [D Albertis ringtail]
Pseudochirops archeri Collett 1884 [Green ringtail]
†Pseudochirops corinnae Thomas 1897
Pseudochirops coronatus Thomas 1897 [Reclusive ringtail]
†Pseudochirops cupreus Thomas 1897
†Pseudochirops winteri Mackness and Archer 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (41 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pildra secundus, Paljara sp. (182109) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Pseudocheiridae indet. (182619) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pildra antiquus (51412) Pildra antiquus, Pildra secundus (45652) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Marlu kutjamarpensis (13313) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Marlu karya (135742) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Australia (Queensland) | Paljara nancyhawardae, Paljara hushae, Paljara tirarensae (181749) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Gawinga aranaea, Pildra sp., Marlu sp., Paljara sp. (106498) Paljara sp. (183096) Pseudochirops sp., Gawinga aranaea, Pildra sp., Marlu sp., Paljara sp. (106497) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Gawinga aranaea (106496) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Marlu syke (92641) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Pseudocheiridae indet., Paljara tirarensae (151091) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Pseudocheirops sp., Pseudocheiridae indet. (68775) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Pseudocheirus stirtoni (181610) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pseudocheirus marshalli, Petauroides stirtoni (135705) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Pseudochirops winteri (181315) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Pseudocheirus marshalli, Pseudocheiridae indet. (70556) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Pseudocheiridae indet. (70572) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pseudocheirus sp. (182150) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Pseudocheiridae indet. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Pseudocheirus peregrinu (182621) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus (181322) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Corracheirus curramulkensis (135983) Pseudocheirus peregrinus (28298 136076 136159) Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Petauroides volans (136430) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Pseudocheirus occidentalis (182925) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pseudocheiridae indet. (70579) Pseudocheirus sp. (136221) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus (183095) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus (182920 183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus (136072 182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Petauroides volans (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Petauroides volans (21688) |