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Goupilictis minor

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Amphicyon minor was named by Dehm (1935). Its type specimen is Slg. München 1934 V 6 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gunzenheim, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Goupilictis minor by Ginsburg (1969) and de Bonis (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Amphicyon minor Dehm p. 28
1969Goupilictis minor Ginsburg
2015Goupilictis minor de Bonis

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
genusGoupilictisGinsburg 1969
speciesminor()

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.

Goupilictis minor Dehm 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hunt 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 28.40000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Tarn-et-Garonne) Goupilictis minor (181648)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany Amphicyon minor (type locality: 183664)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Goupilictis minor (36712)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk) Amphicyon minor (75067)