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Uintacyon massetericus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Didymictis massetericus was named by Cope (1882).

It was recombined as Viverravus massetericus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Uintacyon massetericus by Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Didymictis massetericus Cope pp. 159-160
1892Didymictis massetericus Scott p. 320
1902Viverravus massetericus Hay p. 755
1909Uintacyon massetericus Matthew
1915Uintacyon massetericus Matthew and Granger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusUintacyon
speciesmassetericus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:29
Modified: 2011-05-12 19:30:44
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Uintacyon massetericus (15507 15510 15512 15514 15520 15522 15729 15756 15964)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Colorado) Uintacyon massetericus (15286 15350)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (New Mexico) Uintacyon massetericus (15441)