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Herpestides

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Herpestides was named by de Beaumont (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989); to Felidae by Morlo (1996); and to Viverridae by Carroll (1988), Morlo et al. (2007), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Herpestides de Beaumont
1988Herpestides Carroll
1989Herpestides Hunt, Jr. p. 25
1996Herpestides Morlo p. 208
2007Herpestides Morlo et al. p. 151
2010Herpestides Werdelin and Peigne p. 628

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
genusHerpestidesde Beaumont 1967

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.

G. †Herpestides de Beaumont 1967
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†Herpestides aegypticus Morlo et al. 2007
†Herpestides aequatorialis Schmidt-Kittler 1987
†Herpestides antiquus de Blainville 1842
†Herpestides compactus Morlo 1996
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: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the MN 2 or 23.04000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) H. antiquus (69617)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Egypt H. aegypticus (70646 70648)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) H. antiquus, H. compactus (69606)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) H. sp., H. antiquus (35750)