Pseudocheiridae

Pseudocheiridae is a family of arboreal marsupials containing 17 extant species of ringtailed possums and close relatives. They are found in forested areas and shrublands throughout Australia and New Guinea.

Pseudocheiridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
ringtail possumPBDB
Sits inside
DiprotodontiaPBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB
Life habit
scansorialPBDB, for Marsupialia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Mammalia

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 61 occurrencesOligocene — about 8 of 61 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 19 of 61 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 9 of 61 occurrencesPleistocene — about 22 of 61 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 6 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 18 occurrences23.04 Mya11.7 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

61 occurrences of Pseudocheiridae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

61 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

7 formations

System B — 19.01°S, 138.67°EGrange Burn — 37.70°S, 141.95°EGrange Burn — 37.73°S, 141.95°ENamba — 31.23°S, 140.23°EEttadunna — 28.78°S, 138.42°EMoorabool Viaduct Sand — 38.12°S, 144.28°ENelson Bay — 38.60°S, 141.58°EWipajiri — 27.75°S, 140.73°E

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The named rock units Pseudocheiridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 44 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pseudocheiridae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pseudocheiridae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

498 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 43 sites for Pseudocheiridae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

30 references

Each of the 61 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 18 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Pseudocheiridae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Pseudocheiridae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Winge 1893)