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Marsupicarnivora

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)57529https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57529
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Marsupicarnivora
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
orderMarsupicarnivoraRide 1964
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Marsupicarnivoraorderbelongs to Marsupiatastated without evidenceLundelius and Turnbull, 1973
Marsupicarnivoraorderbelongs to Marsupialiastated without evidenceMarshall, 1974
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Marsupialia)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Hooker. 1986. Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39(4):191-478

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Marsupicarnivora Ride
1973Marsupicarnivora Lundelius and Turnbull p. 15
1974Marsupicarnivora Marshall p. 66
1986Marsupicarnivora Hooker p. 212
1994Marsupicarnivora Korth p. 378

References

Hooker J. J. (1986) Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39 4, 191-478
Lundelius E. L., Turnbull W. D. (1973) The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia Part I, Fieldiana: Geology 31 1, 1-35
Marshall L. G. (1974) Late Pleistocene mammals from the "Keilor cranium site," southern Victoria, Australia, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 35, 63-86
Korth W. W. (1994) Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America, Journal of Paleontology 68 2, 376-397
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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