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Pliotaxidea nevadensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Taxidea nevadensis was named by Butterworth (1916). Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Pliotaxidea nevadensis by Hall (1944), Cook and Macdonald (1962), Dalquest (1969), Wagner (1976) and Harrison (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Taxidea nevadensis Butterworth
1944Pliotaxidea nevadensis Hall
1962Pliotaxidea nevadensis Cook and Macdonald
1969Pliotaxidea nevadensis Dalquest
1976Pliotaxidea nevadensis Wagner
1983Pliotaxidea nevadensis Harrison

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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
speciesnevadensis()

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 nevadensis Butterworth 1916
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Miocene or 10.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19089)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Taxidea nevadensis (type locality: 19095)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18097)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18806) Pliotaxidea sp. (18970 19116)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Taxidea sp. (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18140)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Washington) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (232055)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19085)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18247 18499 35430)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19612)