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Kichechia

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Kichechia was named by Savage (1965).

It was assigned to Herpestinae by Savage (1965); to Viverridae by Carroll (1988); to Herpestidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Kichechini by Morales and Pickford (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Kichechia Savage
1988Kichechia Carroll
2010Kichechia Werdelin and Peigne p. 633
2011Kichechia Morales and Pickford

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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
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyParadoxurinae(Gray 1864)
tribeKichechini
genusKichechiaSavage 1965

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. †Kichechia Savage 1965
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†Kichechia savagei Adrian et al. 2018
†Kichechia zamanae Savage 1965
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. G. Savage 1965Herpestine with upper dental formula 3.1.4.2. Teeth not com-
pressed;caninelongandslender;parastylepresentonlyonP4 uppermolarswithout ;
conules and without hypocone; protocone crescentic and without anterior and posterior wings.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda K. zamanae (28441)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) K. zamanae, K. savagei (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya K. zamanae (21725 21726 87341 146599) K. zamanae, K. savagei (38060)