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Hoplictis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Hoplictis was named by Ginsburg (1961) [named as a subgenus of Ischyrictis by Ginsburg 1961, type H. florancei from France; raised to genus level by Ginsburg & Morales (1992)]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Ginsburg and Morales (1992); to Ischyrictini by Baskin (1998); and to Mellivorinae by Valenciano et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Hoplictis Ginsburg
1968Beckia Bryant p. 2 figs. Figs. 1, 2
1976Beckia Edwards p. 2
1992Hoplictis Ginsburg and Morales
1998Hoplictis Baskin p. 163
2018Hoplictis Valenciano et al.

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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
subfamilyMellivorinaeGray 1865
genusHoplictisGinsburg 1961

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. †Hoplictis Ginsburg 1961
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†Hoplictis grangerensis Bryant 1968
†Hoplictis noueli Mayet 1908
Invalid names: Beckia Bryant 1968 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Beckia grangerensis (18903)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Beckia grangerensis (19391)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Ischyrictis sp. (18554)