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Pliotaxidea garberi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Pliotaxidea garberi was named by Wagner (1976). Its type specimen is UCMP 52422, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skull and mandible plus partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turlock Lake (UCMP V-5836), which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial mudstone in the Mehrten Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pliotaxidea garberi Wagner p. 112

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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
subfamilyTaxidiinae(Pocock 1920)
genusPliotaxidea
speciesgarberi

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.

†Pliotaxidea garberi Wagner 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:36:56
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:36:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Pliotaxidea garberi (19533)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Pliotaxidea garberi (type locality: 19582)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pliotaxidea garberi (18126 18359)