After Archer, 1982, 1984, and Wroe, 1999
Alternative phylogeny (molecular) after Krajewski, Wroe & Westerman, 2000
<==o Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 [taxonomic history] |?- †Glaucodon ballaratensis Stirton, 1957; Plio. Aust. |?- †Ganbulanyi djadjinguli M.-U. Mio. Aust. |-- †Barinya wangale Wroe, 1999; L.-M. Mio. Aust. [Barinyainae Wroe, 1999] `--+--o Murexia Tate & Archbold, 1937 [Muricinae Archer, 1982, emend. Archer, 1989] | |-- M. longicaudata (Schlegel, 1866) (short-haired marsupial “mouse”, short-furred dasyure) | `-- M. rothschildi (Tate, 1938) (broad-striped marsupial “mouse”, broad-striped dasyure) `--+--o Phascolosoricinae Archer, 1982, emend. Archer, 1989 | |-- Neophascogale lorentzi Stein, 1933 (speckled dasyure) | `--o Phascolosorex Matschie, 1916 | |-- P. dorsalis (Peters & Doria, 1876) (narrow-striped marsupial “mouse”, narrow-striped dasyure) | `-- P. doriae (Thomas, 1886) (red-bellied marsupial “mouse”, red-bellied dasyure) `--+-- Phascogalinae Bonaparte, 1850 `--+-- Sminthopsinae Archer, 1982 `-- Dasyurinae Goldfuss, 1820 [taxonomic history]
After Krajewski, Wroe & Westerman, 2000, and Nowak, 1991<==o Dasyuridae |-- †Barinya `--+?- †Glaucodon |-- Sminthopsinae `--o Dasyurinae |-- Phascogalini `--o Dasyurini |?- †Wakamatha |?- †Dasylurinja |?- †Ankotarinja |?- †Keeuna Archer, 1976 |?- Pseudantechinus mimulus |--+-- Parantechinus | `-- Pseudantechinus woolleyae |-- Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis |--o Dasycercus | |?- D. ?ningbing | `-- D. cristicauda `--+--+--+-- Parantechinus apicalis | | `-- Dasykaluta rosamondae | `-- Myoictis `--+-- Dasyuroides |-- Neophascogale |-- Phascolosorex |-- Sarcophilus |?- †Dasyurus dunmalli |--+-- Dasyurus (Satanellus) hallucatus | `-- Dasyurus (Dasyurus) viverrinus `--+-- Dasyurus (Dasyurops) maculatus `--+-- Dasyurus (Dasyurinus) geoffroii `--+-- Dasyurus spartacus `-- Dasyurus albopunctatus |
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Krajewski, C., Wroe, S. & Westerman, M., 2000: Molecular evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyrid marsupials.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: vol. 130, #3?, pp. 375-404. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Wroe, S., 1999: The geologically oldest dasyurid, from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-west Queensland.
–Palaeontology: Vol. 42, #3, pp. 501-527 - Wroe, S., Ebach, M., Ahyong, S., de Muizon, C. & Muirhead, J., 2000: Cladistic analysis of dasyuromorphian (Marsupialia) phylogeny using cranial and dental characters.
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.