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Pseudobassaris riggsi

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Pseudobassaris riggsi was named by Pohle (1917). Its type specimen is YPM-PU 11455, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Caylus (old Quercy collection), which is in a MP 25 karst phosphorite in France. It is the type species of Pseudobassaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Pseudobassaris riggsi Pohle

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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
genusPseudobassarisPohle 1917
speciesriggsiPohle 1917

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.

†Pseudobassaris riggsi Pohle 1917
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: MP 25 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Mustelictis robustus (36717)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France (Occitanie) Pseudobassaris riggsi (type locality: 184214)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France Mustelictis robustus (60214) Pseudobassaris riggsi (184215)