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Mionictis angustidens

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Brachypsalis angustidens was named by Hall (1930). Its type specimen is CIT 44, a mandible (fragment of left mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kern River, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Kern River Formation of California.

It was recombined as Mionictis angustidens by Baskin (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Brachypsalis angustidens Hall p. 24 fig. 1
1998Mionictis angustidens Baskin

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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
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
tribeLutriniGray 1865
genusMionictis
speciesangustidens()

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.

†Mionictis angustidens Hall 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. R. Hall 1930
Diagnosis.-Size (see measurements below) one-sixth less than that of Brachyp- salis matutinus Matthew; talonid of M1deeply (see fig. 1 A) basined; P4 with incip- ient, posterior accessory cusp and strong anterior and posterior crests.
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Brachypsalis angustidens (type locality: 19393)