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Mustelavus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustelavus was named by Clark (1936) [in Scott and Jepsen]. It is not extant. Its type is Mustelavus priscus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plesictis by Simpson (1946) and Olsen (1956).

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Clark (1936), Clark and Beerbower (1967), Schmidt-Kittler (1981) and Baskin and Tedford (1996); to Mustelavinae by Baskin (1998); to Mustelida by Wang et al. (2005); and to Semantoridae by Sato et al. (2009).

Species
M. priscus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Mustelavus Clark
1967Mustelavus Clark and Beerbower
1981Mustelavus Schmidt-Kittler
1996Mustelavus Baskin and Tedford
1998Mustelavus Baskin p. 153
2005Mustelavus Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17
2009Mustelavus Sato et al. p. 917

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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
subfamilyMustelavinae
genusMustelavusClark 1936

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. †Mustelavus Clark 1936
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†Mustelavus priscus Clark 1936
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: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Monroecreekian or 37.20000 to 24.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) M. priscus (17006)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) M. priscus (17010)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) M. sp. (17174)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Plesictis sp. (17561)