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Melinae (badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Melinae Burmeister
1902Melinae Hay p. 765
1970Melinae Bjork p. 28
1980Melinae Kurten and Anderson p. 157
1982Melinae Muizon p. 262 figs. Fig. 1
1998Melinae Baskin p. 159
2004Melinae Marmi et al. p. 491
2007Melinae Arribas and Garrido p. 547
2009Melinae Baryshnikov p. 79

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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
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 1872
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 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.

Subfm. Melinae Burmeister 1872 [badger]
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G. †Arctomeles Stach 1951
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†Arctomeles dimolodontus Wallace and Wang 2004
†Arctomeles ferus Roshchin 1949
†Arctomeles sotnikovae Tedford and Harington 2003
G. Arctonyx Cuvier 1825 [hog badger]
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Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 [hog badger]
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†Arctonyx rostratus Matthew and Granger 1923
G. Meles Brisson 1762 [badger]
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Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875 [Caucasian badger]
†Meles iberica Arribas and Garrido 2007
Meles leucurus Hodgson 1847 [Asian badger]
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 [European badger]
†Meles taxipater Schlosser 1903
Meles taxus Boddaert 1785
†Meles teilhardi Qiu et al. 2004
†Meles thorali Viret 1951
Invalid names: Melesium Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym], Taxus Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [objective synonym]
G. †Melodon Zdansky 1924
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†Melodon incertum Zdansky 1924
†Melodon majori Zdansky 1924
G. †Pelycictis Cope 1896
G. †Promeles Zittel 1893
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†Promeles palaeattica Weithofer 1888
G. †Taxodon Lartet 1851
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†Taxodon hessicus Ginsburg 1999
†Taxodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Holocene or 20.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Melinae indet. (17912)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Melinae indet. (68040)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Taxodon sansaniensis (32191)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Melodon sp. (28781)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Nei Mongol) Melinae indet. (28782)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Thessaly) Promeles palaeattica (194879)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Promeles palaeatticus (202630)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) Promeles indet. (236747)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Meles maraghanus (202120)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Melinae indet., Taxodon sansaniensis (75481)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Arctomeles dimolodontus (26574)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Promeles macedonicus (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Promeles sp. (202215)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Melinae indet. (44223)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Meles sp. (20083)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tianjin) Meles taxipater (231233)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) Meles n. sp. (115624)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bulgaria Meles thorali (58809)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Arctomeles pliocaenicus (33396)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Arctomeles ferus (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania Meles sp. (39846)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Meles leucurus (231023)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Meles sp. (35374)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Meles dimitrius (34617)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Meles iberica (77773)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) Meles thorali (47150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Meles atavus (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Gansu) Meles teilhardi (190068)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guanxi) Arctonyx minor (230994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Meles atavus (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Meles meles (45065)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Meles chiai (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) Arctonyx collaris (230325)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Macedonia) Meles dimitrius (34784)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Arctonyx collaris (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Lesvos) Meles thorali (183341)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Meles sp. (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Meles meles (33974)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Lot) Meles taxus (48981)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Meles sp. (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hunan) Arctonyx collaris (36819)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129China (Sichuan) Arctonyx rostratus (226365)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Meles meles (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Meles meles (36517)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Meles meles (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Meles sp. (40398)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Meles meles (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Liaoyang) Meles meles (34667)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Meles meles (225664)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Shaanxi) Meles leucurus (37204)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Meles sp. (50242)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0China (Jiangsu) Meles leucurus (37064)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Liaoning) Meles leucurus (230980)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Meles meles (40808 43701)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Arctonyx collaris (237787)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Meles sp. (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Meles meles (43666 43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Meles sp. (49999)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Meles meles (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey (Central Anatolia) Meles meles (34368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Meles meles (50260) Meles sp. (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Meles sp. (48889)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Meles meles (50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Meles meles (35045 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Arctonyx collaris (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangxi) Arctonyx collaris (235740)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Arctonyx collaris (120834) Arctonyx sp. (40341)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Meles meles (43645 43653 43655)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) Meles sp. (51100)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Laos (Hua Pan) Meles meles, Arctonyx collaris (235746)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Meles meles (36214)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Anhui) Arctonyx rostratus (36868)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Arctonyx collaris (13293)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Meles taxus (191730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangxi) Arctonyx collaris (235737)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Meles meles (32062 32082)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Meles meles (43702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Brandenburg) Meles meles (198613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Hunan) Arctonyx collaris (36729 36730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Meles meles (203847)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Meles sp. (43630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Meles meles (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Arctonyx collaris (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Meles meles (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) Meles meles (221412 221414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Georgia Meles meles (56735)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Meles meles (43632) Meles sp. (43629 43631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Meles meles (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Meles meles (63726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) Meles meles (230983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria Meles meles (232847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Meles meles (122115)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Meles meles (191169)