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Miacis vorax

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Uintacyon vorax was named by Leidy (1872) [also said to be 1871 and 1872]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Miacis vorax by Scott (1892).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Uintacyon vorax Leidy p. 277
1892Miacis vorax Scott p. 320
1899Uintacyon vorax Wortman and Matthew p. 113
1902Uintacyon vorax Hay p. 760

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusMiacis
speciesvorax()

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.

†Miacis vorax Leidy 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:43
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:55:43
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 48.07000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Uintacyon vorax (16309)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Uintacyon vorax (type locality: 81455)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Uintacyon vorax (16623)