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Mustela rexroadensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela rexroadensis was named by Hibbard (1950). Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. fenata, M. palerminea, M. plioerminea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Mustela rexroadensis Hibbard
1958Mustela gazini Hibbard p. 245
1980Mustela rexroadensis Kurten and Anderson p. 149

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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
subfamilyMustelinaeFischer 1817
genusMustela
speciesrexroadensis

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.

†Mustela rexroadensis Hibbard 1950
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Invalid names: Mustela gazini Hibbard 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Blancan or 10.30000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Mustela rexroadensis (18359)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Mustela rexroadensis (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Mustela gazini (19906) Mustela rexroadensis (19812 19815 19817 19894)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Mustela rexroadensis (20060)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Mustela gazini (19944) Mustela rexroadensis (type locality: 19931)