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Cernictis
Taxonomy
Cernictis was named by Hall (1935). Its type is Cernictis hesperus.
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hall (1935) and Carroll (1988); to Galictini by Baskin (1998) and Baskin (2011); and to Ictonychinae by Jiangzuo et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hall (1935) and Carroll (1988); to Galictini by Baskin (1998) and Baskin (2011); and to Ictonychinae by Jiangzuo et al. (2019).
Species
C. hesperus (type species), C. repenningi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Cernictis Hall |
| 1988 | Cernictis Carroll |
| 1998 | Cernictis Baskin p. 164 |
| 2011 | Cernictis Baskin p. 2 |
| 2019 | Cernictis Jiangzuo et al. |
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G. †Cernictis Hall 1935
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†Cernictis hesperus Hall 1935
†Cernictis repenningi Baskin 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemphillian | USA (California) | C. hesperus (19479) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | C. repenningi (19610) |