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Pliotaxidea (badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Pliotaxidea was named by Hall (1944). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hall (1944) and Carroll (1988); to Taxidiini by Baskin (1998); and to Taxidiinae by Owen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pliotaxidea Hall
1988Pliotaxidea Carroll
1998Pliotaxidea Baskin p. 160
2006Pliotaxidea Owen p. 1009

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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
subfamilyTaxidiinae(Pocock 1920)
genusPliotaxidea

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. †Pliotaxidea Hall 1944 [badger]
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†Pliotaxidea garberi Wagner 1976
†Pliotaxidea nevadensis Butterworth 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat/non-vertebrate group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)g
Created: 2009-01-04 14:36:56
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:36:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Miocene or 10.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19089)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18097)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18140)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Washington) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (232055)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Pliotaxidea sp. (18900 19054) Taxidea nevadensis (19095)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18806) Pliotaxidea sp. (18970 19116)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Taxidea sp. (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Pliotaxidea garberi (19533)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19085)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Pliotaxidea garberi (19582)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pliotaxidea garberi (18126 18359) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18247 18499 35430)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pliotaxidea sp. (18036)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19612) Pliotaxidea sp. (19514)