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Dipsalidictis krausei

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Dipsalidictis krausei was named by Gunnell and Gingerich (1991). Its type specimen is UM 69331, a partial skeleton (skull, left and right dentaries, and associated postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Krause Quarry, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Dipsalidictis krausei Gunnell and Gingerich p. 150 figs. Fig. 2, 3, 6F, 7B, E, H

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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()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
genusDipsalidictis
specieskrausei

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.

†Dipsalidictis krausei Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich 1991ipsalidictis krausei differs from D. platypus in being significantly larger, differs from D. aequidens in being smaller and in having less robust premolars, differs from D. transiens in having narrower lower molar talonids, a more anteroposteriorly compressed MI trigonid, and less robust premolars with P, lacking or having a very small anterior basal cusp.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 61.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Dipsalidictis krausei (190428 190456 190483)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Dipsalidictis krausei (15134 15159 164518 190455) Oxyaena transiens (type locality: 15087 15109 15176)