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Microtomarctus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Microtomarctus Wang et al. p. 140
2008Microtomarctus Wang 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
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeCynarctina
genusMicrotomarctus

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. †Microtomarctus Wang et al. 1999
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Microtomarctus conferta Matthew 1918
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Invalid names: Tomarctus paulus Henshaw 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Clarendonian or 18.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Colorado) M. conferta (17908)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (New Mexico) M. conferta (19339 19410)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) M. conferta (18631)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) M. conferta (19274 19449 19535) Tomarctus confertus (19520)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) M. conferta (19014) Tomarctus paulus (19097)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) M. conferta (18203)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) M. conferta (19314 19356 19364 19366 19422 19432 19457 19458 19463 19548 19557 19615 19616)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Tomarctus confertus (19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) M. conferta (17904 17905 17955 17972 18011 18019) Tomarctus confertus (17911)
Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) M. conferta (156738)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Tephrocyon confertus (230906)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Colorado) Tomarctus paula (18846)