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dc.contributor.authorWhite, L.-
dc.contributor.authorSaltré, F.-
dc.contributor.authorBradshaw, C.-
dc.contributor.authorAustin, J.-
dc.date.issued2018-
dc.identifier.citationBiology Letters, 2018; 14(1):1-4-
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561-
dc.identifier.issn1744-957X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/111414-
dc.description.abstractThe last large marsupial carnivores-the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilis harrisii) and thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)-went extinct on mainland Australia during the mid-Holocene. Based on the youngest fossil dates (approx. 3500 years before present, BP), these extinctions are often considered synchronous and driven by a common cause. However, many published devil dates have recently been rejected as unreliable, shifting the youngest mainland fossil age to 25 500 years BP and challenging the synchronous-extinction hypothesis. Here we provide 24 and 20 new ages for devils and thylacines, respectively, and collate existing, reliable radiocarbon dates by quality-filtering available records. We use this new dataset to estimate an extinction time for both species by applying the Gaussian-resampled, inverse-weighted McInerney (GRIWM) method. Our new data and analysis definitively support the synchronous-extinction hypothesis, estimating that the mainland devil and thylacine extinctions occurred between 3179 and 3227 years BP.-
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityLauren C. White, Frederik Saltre, Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Jeremy J. Austin-
dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisherRoyal Society-
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.-
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0642-
dc.subjectAMS dating-
dc.subjectHolocene-
dc.subjectdevil-
dc.subjectextinction-
dc.subjectthylacine-
dc.titleHigh-quality fossil dates support a synchronous, Late Holocene extinction of devils and thylacines in mainland Australia-
dc.typeJournal article-
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsbl.2017.0642-
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130104055-
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103842-
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT110100306-
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT100100108-
pubs.publication-statusPublished-
dc.identifier.orcidBradshaw, C. [0000-0002-5328-7741]-
dc.identifier.orcidAustin, J. [0000-0003-4244-2942]-
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