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Nasua mastodonta

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Nasua mastodonta was named by Emmert and Short (2018). Its type specimen is UF 240248, a mandible (right dentary with p4 and m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Fe River 8C, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Nasua mastodonta Emmert and Short

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribeProcyoniniGray 1825
genusNasuaStorr 1780
speciesmastodonta

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.

†Nasua mastodonta Emmert and Short 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:21:10
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:57:15
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Blancan or 2.58000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Nasua mastodonta (type locality: 98319)
Blancan (interglacial)4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Nasua mastodonta (98315)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Nasua mastodonta (98313)