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Algarolutra majori

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Cyrnaonyx majori was named by Malatesta (1978) [Museum of the Instito di Geologia e Paleontologia, Universita di Roma]. Its type specimen is MIGP 1944-1946, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dragonara Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Algarolutra majori by Willemsen (1992), Palombo (2005) and Willemsen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cyrnaonyx majori Malatesta p. 114 figs. Figure 1
1992Algarolutra majori Willemsen p. 41
2005Algarolutra majori Palombo p. 54
2006Algarolutra majori Willemsen p. 84

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
tribeLutriniGray 1865
genusAlgarolutra
speciesmajori()

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.

†Algarolutra majori Malatesta 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy Algarolutra majori (215273)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Cyrnaonyx majori (type locality: 92675)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France Algarolutra majori (215276)