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Circamustela bhapralensis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Circamustela bhapralensis was named by Sankhyan et al. (2025). Its type specimen is HTA-67a, a set of teeth (Fragmentary left mandible with p4–m1 and alveolus of m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dholkhana, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Nahan Sandstone Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. dechaseauxi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Circamustela bhapralensis Sankhyan et al. p. 7 figs. Fig. 4a,b

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
genusCircamustelaPetter 1967
speciesbhapralensis

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.

†Circamustela bhapralensis Sankhyan et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Sankhyan et al. 2025Small species of the genus Circamustela that is approximately 75% to 80% the size of C. dechaseauxi and C. peignei (m1 length ~ 7.5 mm), and similar to, but slightly shorter than, C. hartmanni; p4 with poorly-developed accessory cuspids, including low and inconspicuous metaconid; lower carnassial (m1) with low paraconid, mesiodistally-short protoconid, elongate and deep talonid, and distally-situated hypo- and entoconid with a prominent hypconulid posteriorly between these cuspids.
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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Circamustela bhapralensis (type locality: 240946)