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).

Rodr_?guez-Rey, Marta, et al. "Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages." Quaternary Geochronology 30 (2015): 69-79.

本数据集收录20件澳洲大陆袋狼（thylacine）与24件澳洲大陆袋獾（devil）的全新高精度放射性碳定年数据。元数据（metadata）涵盖博物馆馆藏编号与标本来源信息。我们认为本数据集可用于澳洲大陆袋狼与袋獾的古生态重建研究，以及二者灭绝时间的估算工作。依据罗德里格斯-雷伊等人（Rodríguez-Rey et al., 2015）提出的判定标准，本数据集包含了澳洲大陆这两个物种迄今最可靠的最新化石年代数据。

玛尔塔·罗德里格斯-雷伊（Marta Rodríguez-Rey）等. 《评估中更新世至全新世脊椎动物化石年代质量的标准》, 《第四纪地质年代学》(Quaternary Geochronology), 2015年, 第30卷: 69-79页.