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Palaeonictinae

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Palaeonictinae was named by Denison (1938). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Oxyaenidae by Van Valen (1967) and Chester et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Palaeonictinae Denison
1967Palaeonictinae Van Valen
2010Palaeonictinae Chester et al. p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyPalaeonictinaeDenison 1938
subfamilyPalaeonictinaeDenison 1938

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.

Subfm. †Palaeonictinae Denison 1938
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G. †Ambloctonus Cope 1875
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†Ambloctonus major Denison 1938
†Ambloctonus priscus Matthew and Granger 1915
†Ambloctonus sinosus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Ambloctonus hyaenoides Matthew and Granger 1915 [synonym]
G. †Palaeonictis de Blainville 1842
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†Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842
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Invalid names: Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré 1987 [synonym], Oxyaena casieri Quinet 1966 [synonym]
†Palaeonictis peloria Rose 1981
†Palaeonictis wingi Chester et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Sandcouleean to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Palaeonictis sp. (15234 15237 15257 15259 15347)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Palaeonictis peloria (15107 15112 15165)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Palaeonictis gigantea (174627) Palaeonictis gigantea, Dormaalodon woutersi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Palaeonictis gigantea (38868 174239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Palaeonictis gigantea (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Palaeonictis gigantea (35537)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Palaeonictis gigantea (68174)
Sandcouleean55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Palaeonictis wingi (100280)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Ambloctonus hyaenoides (15663) Ambloctonus sp. (15448)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Palaeonictis sp. (15583 15840)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Ambloctonus hyaenoides (15567) Ambloctonus major (15479 15662) Ambloctonus priscus (15689) Ambloctonus sinosus (15554) Palaeonictis occidentalis (15491 15503 15510 15518 15524 15531 15590 15682 15705 15732 15750 15756 15765 15769 46688 46732 46736 46783 46786 46814 109302) Palaeonictis sp. (15759)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Oise) Palaeonictis gigantea (144104)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France Palaeonictis gigantea (123459)