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Petauroidea
Taxonomy
Petauroidea was named by Gill (1872).
It was assigned to Diprotodonta by Archer et al. (1987); to Marsupialia by Myers et al. (2001); and to Phalangeriformes by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Diprotodonta by Archer et al. (1987); to Marsupialia by Myers et al. (2001); and to Phalangeriformes by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Petauroidea Gill |
| 1987 | Petauroidea Archer et al. |
| 2001 | Petauroidea Myers et al. p. 148 |
| 2005 | Petauroidea 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.
Superfm. †Petauroidea Gill 1872
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Fm. †Pilkipildridae Archer et al. 1987
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G. †Dilgaringa Archer et al. 1987
G. †Djilgaringa Archer et al. 1987
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†Djilgaringa gillespiei Archer et al. 1987
†Djilgaringa thompsoni Archer et al. 1987
G. †Pilkipildra Archer et al. 1987
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†Pilkipildra handi Archer et al. 1987
†Pilkipildra taylori Archer et al. 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Tortonian or 28.40000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Petauroidea indet. (182968) | |
| Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pilkipildra taylori (182109) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Djilgaringa thompsonae (51413) Pilkipildra handae (51412) Pilkipildra handi (136534) Pilkipildra taylori (28194) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Djilgaringa sp. (183096) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Djilgaringa gillespiei (28420) | |
| Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Djilgaringa gillespiei (135647) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Petauroidea indet. (68775) |