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Floridictis petersoni

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Paroligobunis petersoni was named by Loomis (1932). Its type specimen is ACM 2011, a mandible (left lower jaw with c1–m), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Van Tassel (Upper), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

It was recombined as Megalictis petersoni by Hunt and Skolnick (1990) and Hunt and Skolnick (1996); it was recombined as Floridictis petersoni by Baskin (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Paroligobunis petersoni Loomis
1990Megalictis petersoni Hunt, Jr. and Skolnick
1996Megalictis petersoni Hunt, Jr. and Skolnick
2017Floridictis petersoni Baskin pp. e1293069-7

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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
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusFloridictis
speciespetersoni()

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.

†Floridictis petersoni Loomis 1932
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Baskin 2017Smaller than Floridictis kerneri, and with narrower lower premolars, especially the p4. The m1 metaconid is taller and more anteriorly situated.
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Paroligobunis petersoni (type locality: 17854)