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Miomustela madisonae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela madisonae was named by Douglass (1929) [replacement name for "Mustela minor" Douglass 1903].

It was recombined as Miomustela madisonae by Hall (1930), Storer (1930), Storer (1930) and Tabrum and Nichols (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Mustela madisonae Douglass
1930Miomustela madisonae Hall p. 152 fig. Pl.8
1930Miomustela madisonae Storer
2001Miomustela madisonae Tabrum and Nichols

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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
genusMiomustela
speciesmadisonae(Douglass 1929)

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.

†Miomustela madisonae Douglass 1929
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. R. Hall 1930size (see measurements on p. 153) about as in Mustela cicognanii cicognanii; premolars not crowded, relatively large; width of talonid of MI, less than three-fourths that of trigonid measured through centers of metaconid and protoconid.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Miomustela madisonae (18797)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Miomustela madisonae (18031 18284) Miomustela sp. (18141)