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Amphictis timucua

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Amphictis timucua was named by Baskin (2017). Its type specimen is UF 246332, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with p3–m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miller Locality, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. antiquus, A. nana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Amphictis timucua Baskin pp. e1293069-1 figs. 1A - C
2020Amphictis timucua Baskin et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
genusAmphictisPomel 1853
speciestimucua

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.

†Amphictis timucua Baskin 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Baskin 2017Smallest species of Amphictis, m1 talonid not greatly elongated.