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Promartes

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Promartes was named by Riggs (1942). It is not extant. Its type is Promartes olcotti.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Riggs (1942) and Carroll (1988); to Oligobuninae by Baskin (1998); to Oligobunidae by Wang et al. (2005); and to Semantoridae by Sato et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Promartes fossor Thorpe
1942Promartes Riggs
1988Promartes Carroll
1998Promartes Baskin p. 155
2005Promartes Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17
2009Promartes Sato et al. p. 917

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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
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusPromartes

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.

G. †Promartes Riggs 1942
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†Promartes darbyi Thorpe 1921
†Promartes gemmarosae Loomis 1932
†Promartes lepidus Matthew 1907
†Promartes olcotti Riggs 1942
†Promartes vantasselensis Loomis 1932
Invalid names: Promartes fossor Thorpe 1921 [nomen nudum]
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: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Harrisonian or 26.30000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) P. lepidus (17822)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) P. gemmarosae (17441)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) P. sp. (17800)
early Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) P. sp. (36854)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) P. olcotti (17564)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Nebraska) Oligobunis darbyi (17565)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) P. lepidus (17745 17748 17754 17756)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (New Mexico) P. lepidus (17844)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Oligobunis lepidus (17744) P. olcotti (17863) P. sp. (17819)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Oligobunis vantasselensis (17853) P. olcotti (17823)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (19341)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) P. lepidus (19388)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) P. lepidus (17912)