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Oligobunis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Oligobunis was named by Cope (1881). It is not extant. Its type is Ictiocyon crassivultus.

It was assigned to Canidae by Wortman and Matthew (1899); to Simocyoninae by Hay (1902); to Mustelidae by Cope (1881) and Carroll (1988); to Semantoridae by Sato et al. (2009); and to Oligobuninae by Baskin (1998) and Baskin (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Oligobunis Cope
1899Oligobunis Wortman and Matthew p. 130
1902Oligobunis Hay p. 770
1988Oligobunis Carroll
1998Oligobunis Baskin p. 156
2009Oligobunis Sato et al. p. 917
2017Oligobunis Baskin pp. e1293069-9

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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
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusOligobunisCope 1881

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. †Oligobunis Cope 1881
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†Oligobunis floridanus White 1947
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Harrisonian or 20.43000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) O. sp. (93080)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian26.3 - 18.5USA (Oregon) O. sp. (17528)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) O. sp. (17819)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Oregon) O. crassivultus (157001)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) O. sp. (17898)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) O. sp. (18562)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) O. floridanus (18597)