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Neovison macrodon (sea mink)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Lutreola macrodon was named by Prentiss (1903). Its type specimen is USNM 116178, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brooklin, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Maine.

It was recombined as Mustela macrodon by Miller (1912), Hollister (1913), Miller (1924), Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Waters and Ray (1961), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981), Mead et al. (2000); it was recombined as Neovison macrodon by Sealfon (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Lutreola macrodon Prentiss p. 888
1911Lutreola vison antiquus Loomis p. 228
1912Mustela macrodon Miller
1913Mustela macrodon Hollister
1924Mustela macrodon Miller
1930Mustela macrodon Hay
1936Mustela macrodon Hall
1961Mustela macrodon Waters and Ray p. 380
1980Mustela macrodon Kurten and Anderson p. 151
1981Mustela macrodon Hall
2000Mustela macrodon Mead et al. p. 247
2007Neovison macrodon Sealfon p. 371

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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
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
genusNeovisonBaryshnikov and Abramov 1997
speciesmacrodon()

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.

†Neovison macrodon Prentiss 1903 [sea mink]
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†Lutreola vison antiquus Loomis 1911
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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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusetts) Mustela macrodon (192285)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Lutreola macrodon (192280) Lutreola vison (192282) Mustela macrodon (192283 192284)