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Miacis exiguus

Mammalia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusMiacis
speciesexiguus

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.

†Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:43
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:55:43
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Miacis exiguus (15915)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Miacis exiguus (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15868 15887)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Miacis exiguus (15468 15472 15552 15573 15575 15577 15578 15586 15687 15694 15702 15707 15790 15805 15942 46727 46728 46729 46739 46765 46767 46773 46797 46808 46844)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Miacis exiguus (15680 15684 15700)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Miacis exiguus (16207 16254 16388)