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Plesiogulo

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Plesiogulo was named by Zdansky (1934). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ischyrictini by Baskin (1998); to Mustelidae by Zdansky (1934), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Gulonini by Valenciano et al. (2018).

Species
P. crassa, P. lindsayi, P. marshalli, P. monspessulanus, P. praecocidens
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. brachygnathus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Plesiogulo Zdansky
1968Plesiogulo Kurten p. 91
1988Plesiogulo Carroll
1998Plesiogulo Baskin p. 163
2010Plesiogulo Werdelin and Peigne p. 621
2018Plesiogulo 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
subfamilyGuloninae()
tribeGulonini
genusPlesioguloZdansky 1934

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. †Plesiogulo Zdansky 1934
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†Plesiogulo crassa Teilhard de Chardin 1945
†Plesiogulo lindsayi Harrison 1981
†Plesiogulo marshalli Martin 1928
†Plesiogulo praecocidens Kurten 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat/bone group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)g
Created: 2009-01-04 14:36:33
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:36:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Hemphillian or 15.97000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) P. sp. (68547)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine P. sp. (75800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) P. sp. (75797)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia P. monspessulanus (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China P. brachygnathus (195287)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Thessaly) P. crassa (194879)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Kenya P. praecocidens (230938)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) P. crassa (182750)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Brachypsalis marshalli, P. marshalli (18140) P. marshalli (18241)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) P. lindsayi (19479)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (19533)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) P. marshalli (19116) P. sp. (18970)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) P. marshalli (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Mustelidae indet. (19610) P. lindsayi (19514) P. marshalli (19612)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Canada (Alberta) P. marshalli (18757)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) P. marshalli (19582)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. lindsayi (18126 18359)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Georgia P. brachygnathus (75087)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) P. crassa (73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan P. crassa (34436)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) P. monspessulanus (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya P. praecocidens (70365)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) P. sp. (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (20083)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa P. monplessulanus (22222)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Shanxi) P. sp. (42273)