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Vormela (marbled polecat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Vormela was named by Blasius (1884). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988); to Ictonychini by Spassov (2001); to Mustelinae by Baryshnikov (2009); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Vormela Blasius
1968Vormela Kurten p. 96
1988Vormela Carroll
2001Vormela Spassov
2009Vormela Baryshnikov p. 85
2018Vormela Law 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
subfamilyIctonychinaePocock 1921
genusVormelaBlasius 1884

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. Vormela Blasius 1884 [marbled polecat]
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Vormela beremendensis Pertényi 1864
Vormela peregusna Güldenstädt 1770
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: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan Vormela sp. (34436)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Vormela peregusna (37024 225664)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Vormela peregusna (40398)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Georgia Vormela peregusna (56735)