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Viverravus minutus

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy

Viverravus minutus was named by Wortman (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dry Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1901	Viverravus minutus Wortman p. 35

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
family	Viverravidae
genus	Viverravus
species	minutus

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.

†Viverravus minutus Wortman 1901

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-30 14:47:14

Modified:

2005-08-30 16:47:14

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Flynn 1998

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian - Bridgerian	55.8 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Viverravus minutus (15669)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Nevada)	Viverravus minutus (16218)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Viverravus minutus (15837 16111 type locality: 16210 16228 16258 16273 16305 16315 16343 16345 27269 223470 223471 223484)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Utah)	Viverravus minutus (16396)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Colorado)	Viverravus minutus (16623)