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IRMNG taxon detailsThylacaelurus Russell, 1954 †
fossil only
Bull. Nat. Mus. Can., no. 132
page(s): 96 [details]
Taxonomic remark Placed in subfamily Thylacaelurinae in McKenna & Bell, 1997, that subfamily unallocated in Dermoptera; in Plagiomenidae in...
Taxonomic remark Placed in subfamily Thylacaelurinae in McKenna & Bell, 1997, that subfamily unallocated in Dermoptera; in Plagiomenidae in PaleoBiologiy DB, however citing Van Valen 1967. From Jackson & Thorington, 2012: The placement of this subfamily remains uncertain as it was originally placed in the family Plagiomenidae by Van Valen (1967:277) and Bown and Rose (1979:102), with uncertainty, whereas McKenna and Bell (1997:326) did not include it within a specific family but placed it directly within the suborder Dermoptera. From Rose, 2008: Thylacaelurus has been considered a didelphid (Russell, 1954), a lipotyphlan (Szalay, 1969), or a plagiomenid (Van Valen, 1967; Krishtalka and Setoguchi, 1977; Bown and Rose, 1979; Storer, 1984; Ostrander, 1987), but the last assignment has never been secure. Recently described (isolated) lower molars referred to the genus (Storer, 1984) appear to strengthen the likelihood that it is correctly included in Plagiomenidae, but until more complete specimens are available its affinities will remain tenuous. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Thylacaelurus Russell, 1954 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1161956 on 2024-09-27
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Bull. Nat. Mus. Can., no. 132
page(s): 96 [details] basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source Jackson, S. M.; Thorington, R. W. (2012). Gliding mammals: taxonomy of living and extinct species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 638: 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.638.1 [details] verified source for family Rose, K. D. (2008). Plagiomenidae and Mixodectidae. Pp. 198-206 in Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 2: Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals. Cambridge University Press. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511541438.014 note: tentative placement, refer note [details] name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] current name source Jackson, S. M.; Thorington, R. W. (2012). Gliding mammals: taxonomy of living and extinct species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 638: 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.638.1 [details] extant flag source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] Unverified
Taxonomic remark Placed in subfamily Thylacaelurinae in McKenna & Bell, 1997, that subfamily unallocated in Dermoptera; in Plagiomenidae in PaleoBiologiy DB, however citing Van Valen 1967. From Jackson & Thorington, 2012: The placement of this subfamily remains uncertain as it was originally placed in the family Plagiomenidae by Van Valen (1967:277) and Bown and Rose (1979:102), with uncertainty, whereas McKenna and Bell (1997:326) did not include it within a specific family but placed it directly within the suborder Dermoptera. From Rose, 2008: Thylacaelurus has been considered a didelphid (Russell, 1954), a lipotyphlan (Szalay, 1969), or a plagiomenid (Van Valen, 1967; Krishtalka and Setoguchi, 1977; Bown and Rose, 1979; Storer, 1984; Ostrander, 1987), but the last assignment has never been secure. Recently described (isolated) lower molars referred to the genus (Storer, 1984) appear to strengthen the likelihood that it is correctly included in Plagiomenidae, but until more complete specimens are available its affinities will remain tenuous. [details]
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