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Leptarctus mummorum

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Leptarctus mummorum was named by Korth and Baskin (2009). Its type specimen is CM 81783, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mumm Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Leptarctus mummorum Korth and Baskin p. 31

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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
subfamilyLeptarctinaeGazin 1936
genusLeptarctus
speciesmummorum

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.

Leptarctus mummorum Korth and Baskin 2009
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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: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-06-14 12:10:25
Modified: 2011-06-13 21:10:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Korth and Baskin 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Leptarctus mummorum (type locality: 110827)