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Plionictis gazini

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Martes (Tomictis) gazini was named by Hall (1931). Its type specimen is CIT 391, a mandible (left lower jaw bearing Ml, Ps, the alveolus of M2, and the alveoli of P4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skull Spring, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Butte Creek Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Plionictis gazini by Baskin (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Martes (Tomictis) gazini Hall p. 156 figs. PI. 5, figs. a-b
1998Plionictis gazini Baskin p. 162

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyGuloninae()
tribeIschyrictini
genusPlionictis
speciesgazini()

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.

†Plionictis gazini Hall 1931
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. R. Hall 1931Size about as in Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman; M1: metaconid slightly better developed than in Martes a. americana and with posterior margin directly medial to posterior margin of protoconid; talonid trenchant without suggestion of basining even at medial margin; talonid one- third as long as trigonid; Ps without accessory cusp; mental foramen below middle of Ps; anterior margin of masseteric fossa below posterior margin of M2
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) Martes gazini (type locality: 19056)