Mainland thylacine and devil radiocarbon dates, 2013-2015

This dataset comprises of new, high precision radiocarbon dates for 20 mainland thylacines and 24 mainland devils. Metadata includes museum accession numbers and origin of specimens. We envision that this dataset could be used in studies of paleo-ecological reconstructions and for estimating extinction time for both devils and thylacines on mainland Australia. This dataset includes the youngest reliable fossil ages for both species on mainland Australia as per the criteria set out in Rodriguez-Rey at al (2015). "Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages." Quaternary Geochronology 30 (2015): 69-79.

该数据集包含20个大陆袋狼（thylacine）和24个大陆袋獾（devil）的全新高精度放射性碳测年数据。元数据（metadata）包括博物馆藏品编号及标本来源。我们预期该数据集可用于古生态重建研究，以及估算澳大利亚大陆上袋獾与袋狼的灭绝时间。根据Rodriguez-Rey等人（2015）在《中更新世至全新世脊椎动物化石年代质量评估标准》[《第四纪地质年代学》（Quaternary Geochronology），2015年，第30卷：69-79页]中提出的标准，该数据集包含澳大利亚大陆上这两个物种最年轻的可靠化石年代。