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Taxonomy
Miacidae was named by Cope (1880). It was considered paraphyletic by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Smith and Smith (2010).
It was synonymized subjectively with Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Carnivoramorpha by Spaulding et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1880) and Cope (1880); to Creodonta by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Bryant (1991); to Canidae by Astibia et al. (2000); to Carnivoramorpha by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Friscia and Rasmussen (2010); to Carnivora by Peterson (1919), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Heinrich et al. (2008) and Smith and Smith (2010); and to Miacoidea by Hooker (1986), Flynn (1998), Meehan and Wilson (2002) and Rose et al. (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Carnivoramorpha by Spaulding et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1880) and Cope (1880); to Creodonta by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Bryant (1991); to Canidae by Astibia et al. (2000); to Carnivoramorpha by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005) and Friscia and Rasmussen (2010); to Carnivora by Peterson (1919), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Heinrich et al. (2008) and Smith and Smith (2010); and to Miacoidea by Hooker (1986), Flynn (1998), Meehan and Wilson (2002) and Rose et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Miacidae Cope |
1889 | Miacidae Cope p. 876 |
1919 | Miacidae Peterson p. 48 |
1981 | Miacidae Thurmond and Jones p. 175 |
1986 | Miacidae Hooker p. 326 |
1991 | Miacidae Bryant p. 67 |
1998 | Miacidae Flynn |
2000 | Miacinae Astibia et al. p. 237 |
2002 | Miacidae Meehan and Wilson p. 1091 |
2005 | Miacidae Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 838 |
2008 | Miacidae Heinrich et al. |
2010 | Miacidae Friscia and Rasmussen p. 52 |
2010 | Miacidae Smith and Smith p. 761 |
2012 | Miacidae Rose et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Miacidae Cope 1880
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G. †Miocyon Matthew 1909
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†Miocyon magnus Bryant 1992
†Miocyon major Matthew 1909
†Miocyon scotti Wortman and Matthew 1899
†Miocyon vallisrubrae Friscia and Rasmussen 2010
G. †Pappidictops Chiu and Li 1977
Subfm. †Viverravinae Matthew 1909
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G. †Pappictidops Qiu and Li 1977
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†Pappictidops acies Wang 1978
†Pappictidops obtusus Wang 1978
†Pappictidops orientalis Qiu and Li 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Flynn 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Martin 1990, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (77 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Paleocene | China (Anhui) | Pappictidops orientalis (132943 146556) | |
Early/Lower Paleocene | China (Guangdong) | Pappictidops acies, Pappictidops obtusus (140273 176607) | |
Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Miacidae indet., Viverravinae indet. (14962) | |
Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Miacidae indet. (14931) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Didymictis sp. (14999) Viverravinae indet. (15032 15049) | |
Ypresian | France (Marne) | Miacidae indet. (35533 35535) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom | Miacidae indet. (87950) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Miacidae indet. (133368) | |
Ypresian | France (Île-de-France) | Miacidae indet. (68437) | |
Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Uintacyon sp. (15915 15930 16078) Viverravinae indet. (16073) | |
Lysitean - Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Miacidae indet. (15451) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Mississippi) | Eogale parydros (15719) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Miacidae indet. (15515 15673 118482 186931 186933 186935) Miacidae indet., Uintacyon sp. (15493) Miacinae indet. (15559 16022) Uintacyon sp. (15504 15575 15577 15578 15793 16062) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Miacidae indet. (15282) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Miacidae indet. (15595) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | France (Var) | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (35538) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Portugal (Região Centro) | Miacidae indet. (79200) | |
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | Japan | Miacidae indet. (183076) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | Miacidae indet., Uintacyon major (16396) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Miacidae indet. (16139 16227 16418) Miacidae indet., Uintacyon major (16137) Miacinae indet. (16438) Miacis sp. (16204) Uintacyon sp. (16207) Viverravinae indet., Uintacyon sp. (16499) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Miacidae indet. (16199 16215) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Carnivora indet. (28792) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Utah) | Miacidae indet., Miocyon scotti (109203) Miocyon scotti (109202 109204) Miocyon scotti, Miocyon vallisrubrae (16572) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Miacidae indet. (16667) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Texas) | Miacidae indet., Uintacyon scotti (16651) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | Uintacyon scotti (16614) Uintacyon sp. (16542) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Prodaphaenus scotti (16626) | |
Uintan | USA (California) | Miocyon scotti (16615) | |
Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Uintacyon sp. (16642) | |
Uintan | USA (Utah) | Miacidae indet. (16594 213066) Miocyon scotti (16646) Prodaphaenus scotti (16607) | |
Uintan | USA (Texas) | Uintacyon scotti (16628) | |
Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Miacidae indet., Simamphicyon helveticus (12840) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Miacidae indet. (39014) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Vulpavus sp. (16848) | |
Bartonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Simamphicyon helveticus (31736) | |
Duchesnean | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Prodaphaenus sp. (16845) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Utah) | Miocyon sp. (16847) | |
Priabonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) | Miacidae indet. (31756) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Switzerland | Simamphicyon helveticus (195854 195855) |