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Stenoplesictis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy

Stenoplesictis was named by Filhol (1880). It is not extant. Its type is Stenoplesictis cayluxi.

It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989), Hunt (1998); to Feloidea by Peigné and de Bonis (1999); to Stenoplesictinae by Morlo et al. (2007); and to Viverridae by Carroll (1988), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Species

S. cayluxi (type species), S. crocheti, S. elegans, S. minor, S. muhoronii

Entered

by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Mannion on 2016-12-14

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1880	Stenoplesictis Filhol
1988	Stenoplesictis Carroll
1989	Stenoplesictis Hunt, Jr. p. 14
1998	Stenoplesictis Hunt, Jr. p. 11
1999	Stenoplesictis Peigné and de Bonis
2007	Stenoplesictis Morlo et al. p. 153
2010	Stenoplesictis Werdelin and Peigne p. 629

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Pancarnivora
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
—	Aeluroidea	Flower 1869
genus	Stenoplesictis	Filhol 1880

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. †Stenoplesictis Filhol 1880

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†Stenoplesictis cayluxi Filhol 1880

†Stenoplesictis crocheti Peigné and de Bonis 1999

†Stenoplesictis elegans Matthew and Granger 1924

†Stenoplesictis minor Filhol 1882

†Stenoplesictis muhoronii Schmidt-Kittler 1987

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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the MP 28 or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mongolia (Övörkhangai)	S. elegans (53978)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	China (Nei Mongol)	Cynodictis sp. (174759)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mongolia	Cynodictis elegans (53979)
MP 22	33.9 - 27.3	Germany	Stenoplesictidae indet. (46097)
MP 23	33.9 - 27.3	France (Quercy)	S. cayluxi (36709 36711) S. minor (183377)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany (Saxony)	S. sp. (65173)
MP 23 - MP 25	33.9 - 23.04	Germany (Hesse)	S. cayluxi (186510)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	S. cayluxi (60281)
MP 25	27.3 - 23.04	France (Quercy)	S. cayluxi (36717)
MP 25	27.3 - 23.04	France	S. cayluxi, S. minor (60214)
MP 28	27.3 - 23.04	France (Quercy)	S. cayluxi, S. crocheti (36712 36715)