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Franconictis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Franconictis was named by Wolson (1993).

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Morlo (1996).

Species
F. huilidens, F. vireti
Species lacking formal opinion data
F. humilidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Franconictis Wolson p. 375
1996Franconictis Morlo p. 222

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
genusFranconictis

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.

G. †Franconictis Wolson 1993
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†Franconictis vireti Dehm 1950
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the MN 3 or 27.30000 to 16.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan F. vireti (180344)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) F. humilidens, F. vireti (69617)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) F. humilidens, F. vireti (69606)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Plesictis vireti (68040)