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Craterogale
Taxonomy
Craterogale was named by Gazin (1936).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Gazin (1936), Gazin (1936) and Carroll (1988); to Leptarctini by Baskin (1998); and to Leptarctinae by Wang et al. (2004) and Baskin (2017).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Gazin (1936), Gazin (1936) and Carroll (1988); to Leptarctini by Baskin (1998); and to Leptarctinae by Wang et al. (2004) and Baskin (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Craterogale Gazin |
| 1988 | Craterogale Carroll |
| 1998 | Craterogale Baskin p. 158 |
| 2004 | Craterogale Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Craterogale Baskin pp. e1293069-11 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. L. Gazin 1936 | Skull short and broad; strong postorbital processes
; and rugged, separate temporal ridges; prominent lambdoidal crests and mastoid processes; zygomae deep, powerful, and widely expanded; infra- orbital foramen of moderate size and nearly circular; basicranial region short with large bullae firmly fused to surrounding elements; bullae project mark- edly downward, forward, and slightly inward, with antero-externally di- rected foramen through projected portion; audital tube short; foramen ovale, foramen lacerum medius, and eustachian foramen closely grouped; dental formula^1 teeth small and stout; P3 relatively small; P4 with, small parastyle, deuterocone well forward, and without tetartocone; M1 with elongate external portion, conspicuous parastyle, and moderately large heel which is expanded anteroposteriorly to about the same extent as the external portion; protocone of M1 large and hypocone less prominent. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | C. simus (18562) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | C. simus (17874 17898 160680) |