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Didymictis dellensis

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Didymictis dellensis was named by Dorr (1952). Its type locality is Dell Creek Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Hoback Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Protictis dellensis by Gingerich and Winkler (1985); it was synonymized subjectively with Didymictis proteus by Polly (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Didymictis dellensis Dorr
1985Protictis dellensis Gingerich and Winkler
2008Didymictis dellensis Secord

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
familyViverravidae
genusDidymictis
speciesdellensisDorr 1952

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.

†Didymictis dellensis Dorr 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:51:27
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:51:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Flynn 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Didymictis dellensis, Protictis dellensis (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Didymictis dellensis (190436 190438 190462 190481) Protictis dellensis (15049)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Didymictis dellensis (188220) Protictis dellensis (15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Didymictis dellensis (15183 15201 190434 190460) Didymictis sp. (15134 15168 15178 15210 15212)