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Floridictis kerneri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Floridictis kerneri was named by Baskin (2017). Its type specimen is UF 246333, a mandible (right mandibular ramus with p2–m1 and i3, c1, p1, m2 alveoli.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miller Locality, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in Florida. It is the type species of Floridictis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Floridictis kerneri Baskin pp. e1293069-4 fig. 2

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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
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusFloridictis
specieskerneri

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.

†Floridictis kerneri Baskin 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Baskin 2017Larger than cf. Floridictis petersoni (originally named Paroligobunis petersoni), and with broader lower premo- lars, especially the p4, which does not narrow posteriorly, and m1 with a lower, more posteriorly situated metaconid.