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Trigonictis macrodon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Galera macrodon was named by Cope (1868).

It was recombined as Putorius macrodon by Wortman (1883) and Cope and Wortman (1884); it was recombined as Galictis macrodon by Nehring (1886), Roger (1896), Trouessart (1897), Nehring (1901), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904) and Reig (1957); it was recombined as Grison macrodon by Hay (1919), Hay (1923), Hay (1930) and Schreuder (1935); it was recombined as Trigonictis macrodon by Ray et al. (1981).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Galera macrodon Cope
1883Putorius macrodon Wortman
1884Putorius macrodon Cope and Wortman
1886Galictis macrodon Nehring
1896Galictis macrodon Roger
1897Galictis macrodon Trouessart
1901Galictis macrodon Nehring
1902Galictis macrodon Hay p. 767
1904Galictis macrodon Trouessart
1919Grison macrodon Hay
1923Grison macrodon Hay
1930Grison macrodon Hay
1934Lutravus idahoensis Gazin
1935Grison macrodon Schreuder
1937Canimartes idahoensis Gazin
1941Trigonictis kansasensis Hibbard
1957Galictis macrodon Reig
1967Trigonictis idahoensis Zakrzewski
1970Trigonictis idahoensis Bjork
1970Trigonictis idahoensis Shotwell
1980Trigonictis idahoensis Kurten and Anderson p. 155
1981Trigonictis macrodon Ray et al.

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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
subfamilyIctonychinaePocock 1921
genusTrigonictis
speciesmacrodon(Cope 1868)

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.

†Trigonictis macrodon Cope 1868
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Invalid names: Lutravus idahoensis Gazin 1934 [synonym], Trigonictis kansasensis Hibbard 1941 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Trigonictis kansasensis (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Trigonictis kansasensis (19929 19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Trigonictis macrodon (19651)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Trigonictis macrodon (20118 20122)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Trigonictis cookii (20063)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Trigonictis macrodon (19753 19761)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Trigonictis idahoensis (19804 19812 19815 19817 19820 19822 19826 19827 19829 19830 19833 19840 19847 19850 19854 19859 19862 19863 19869 19874 19877 19881 19885 19886 19890 19892 19896 19906 19913)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Trigonictis macrodon (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Trigonictis macrodon (98313)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Trigonictis macrodon (20308)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Trigonictis macrodon (20123)