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Quercygale angustidens

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Viverra angustidens was named by Filhol (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Quercygale, Humbertia.

It was recombined as Humbertia angustidens by de Beaumont (1965); it was recombined as Quercygale angustidens by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Viverra angustidens Filhol p. 33
1965Humbertia angustidens de Beaumont
2005Quercygale angustidens Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 838

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusQuercygaleKretzoi 1945
speciesangustidens(Filhol 1872)

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.

†Quercygale angustidens Filhol 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 30 kgs
Minimum body mass: 10 kgs
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-16 14:50:55
Modified: 2005-06-16 16:50:55
Source: s = species, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Martin 1990, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Quercygale angustidens (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Quercygale angustidens (31736)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Quercygale angustidens (12841)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Quercygale angustidens (12850)