Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820

Louys, Julien & Price, Gilbert J., 2015, The Chinchilla Local Fauna: An exceptionally rich and well-preserved Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from fluviatile deposits of south-eastern Queensland, Australia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (3), pp. 551-572 : 560

Family Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 Genus Dasyurus Geoffroy Sainte-Hilaire, 1796

Type species: Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) , type locality not given, Recent.

Dasyurus dunmalli Bartholomai, 1971 Fig. 7A .

Material.— QM F6579 (holotype, left mandibular ramus), QM F6580 (left mandibular ramus), and QM F12682 (dentary fragment) from Chinchilla Rifle Range, Australia, Pliocene; QM F30477 (dentary fragment) from Chinchilla Rifle Range, Pliocene; QM F57539 (= “W3357” and “ QM F3357” in Wroe and Mackness 1998, and Wroe and Mackness 2000a, respectively; dentary fragment) from north bank of the Condamine River, Chinchilla Rifle Range, Australia, Pliocene.

Remarks.—A species of extinct quoll from Chinchilla, Dasyurus dunmalli , was described by Bartholomai (1971). An additional specimen (lower right mandibular fragment) from Chinchilla was later referred to D. dunmalli by Wroe and Mackness (2000a), who listed the specimen as QM F3357. However, QM F3357 is actually a specimen of the diprotodontid, Euryzygoma dunense , as registered in the QM catalogue. Confusingly, Wroe and Mackness (1998) had earlier noted the same specimen as “W3357”, so part of the Wilkinson Private Collection (i.e., WPC 3357), not the Queensland Museum (i.e., QM F), thus providing an explanation for the inconsistency in the QM registration book. Even more confusingly, the WPC registration book lists the number “3357” as a vertebra, not a jaw, and certainly not D. dunmalli . However, the transfer of the number “3357” to the D. dunmalli specimen is an error, for the WPC registration book lists specimen “3356” as a jaw fragment of D. dunmalli . The description of WPC 3356 in the registration book appears to be consistent with the figured specimen (i.e., “ QM F3357”) featured in Wroe and Mackness (2000a). To avoid confusion, the specimen is renumbered as QM F57539.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Pliocene; eastern Australia.

Figures

Fig.7. Non-macropodid marsupials from Chinchilla Sand,Australia, Pliocene.A. Dasyurus dunmalli Bartholomai,1971, QM F6579,Chinchilla Rifle Range, left mandibular ramus. B. Koobor notabilis (de Vis, 1889), QM F691, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, left maxillary fragment. C. Phascolarctidae gen. et sp. indet., QM F52287, Chinchilla Rifle Range, left dentary fragment.D. Phascolarctos?stirtoni Bartholomai, 1968, QM F52289, Chinchilla Rifle Range, isolated RM1, RM2 or RM3 fragment.E. Archerium chinchillaensis Wroeand Mackness, 2000, QM F39847,Chinchilla Rifle Range, left maxillary fragment. F. Thylacoleo crassidentatus Bartholomai, 1962, QM F3565, right mandibular ramus. G. Euryzygoma dunense (de Vis, 1888), QM F376, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, left mandible. H. Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800), QM F743, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, proximal right tibia. I. Palorchestes parvus de Vis, 1895, QM F783, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, left mandibular fragment. J. Euowenia grata (de Vis, 1887), QM F519, north bank of Condamine River, mandible. K. Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808), QM F9476, Chinchilla Rifle Range, right mandibular fragment.