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Brachypsalis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Brachypsalis was named by Cope (1890).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pomatotherium by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Cope (1890) and Carroll (1988); to Semantoridae by Sato et al. (2009); and to Oligobuninae by Baskin (1998) and Baskin (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Brachypsalis Cope p. 951
1969Brachypsaloides Webb
1988Brachypsalis Carroll
1998Brachypsalis Baskin p. 156
2009Brachypsalis Sato et al. p. 917
2017Brachypsalis Baskin pp. e1293069-9

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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
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusBrachypsalis

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. †Brachypsalis Cope 1890
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†Brachypsalis matutinus Matthew 1924
†Brachypsalis modicus Matthew 1918
†Brachypsalis obliquidens Sinclair 1915
Invalid names: Brachypsaloides Webb 1969 [synonym]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Dakota) B. modicus (18185)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) B. sp. (18562)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) B. sp. (17898)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) B. matutinus (18001)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) B. pachycephalus (19097)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) B. modicus (18220)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) B. hyaenoides (18341) B. pachycephalus (18164 18271) Brachypsaloides modicus (18284)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) B. obliquidens (19542) B. pachycephalus (19133)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) B. obliquidens (17976 17983)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) B. modicus (230906)