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Palaeogale praehyaenoides

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

Taxonomy
Palaeogale praehyaenoides was named by Morlo (1996). Its type specimen is SMFM 5755, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with C, P2-4, M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Budenheim and Heßler quarries, which is in a MN 2 peritidal limestone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Palaeogale praehyaenoides Morlo p. 203 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 3-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyPalaeogalidaeMartin and Lim 2001
genusPalaeogalevon Meyer 1846
speciespraehyaenoides

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MN 2 or 22.40000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Palaeogale praehyaenoides (type locality: 69606)