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Arctomeles

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Arctomeles was named by Stach (1951). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); and to Melinae by Wallace and Wang (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Arctomeles Stach
1988Arctomeles Carroll
2004Arctomeles Wallace and Wang

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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
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 1872
genusArctomelesStach 1951

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. †Arctomeles Stach 1951
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Arctomeles dimolodontus Wallace and Wang 2004
Arctomeles ferus Roshchin 1949
Arctomeles sotnikovae Tedford and Harington 2003
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 15 to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 4.20000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) A. dimolodontus (26574)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Meles sp. (20083)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland A. pliocaenicus (33396)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine A. ferus (50943)