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Plesiogale

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Plesiogale was named by Pomel (1947). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988), Wang et al. (2005) and Becker et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Plesiogale Pomel
1988Plesiogale Carroll
2005Plesiogale Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17
2010Plesiogale Becker 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
genusPlesiogalePomel 1947

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. †Plesiogale Pomel 1947
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Plesiogale postfelina Dehm 1950
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: MN 3 or 20.00000 to 16.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France P. postfelina (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) P. angustifrons (48069)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. angustifrons (187579)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) P. postfelina (68040)