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Mephitinae (skunk)
Taxonomy
Mephitinae was named by Bonaparte (1845). It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Mephitini by Baskin (1998).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Muizon (1982); to Melinae by Baskin (1998); and to Mephitidae by Wang and Carranza-Castaneda (2008) and Wang et al. (2014).
It was reranked as the tribe Mephitini by Baskin (1998).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Muizon (1982); to Melinae by Baskin (1998); and to Mephitidae by Wang and Carranza-Castaneda (2008) and Wang et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1845 | Mephitinae Bonaparte |
| 1970 | Mephitinae Bjork p. 28 |
| 1980 | Mephitinae Kurten and Anderson p. 161 |
| 1982 | Mephitinae Muizon p. 262 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1998 | Mephitini Baskin p. 159 |
| 2008 | Mephitinae Wang and Carranza-Castaneda p. 388 |
| 2014 | Mephitinae Wang et al. p. 292 |
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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. Mephitinae Bonaparte 1845 [skunk]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Blancan or 16.30000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Pliogale sp. (18275 18442) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Pliogale manka (18483) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Mephitinae indet. (18130) | |
| Vallesian | Spain (Segovia) | Mephitinae indet. (40768) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Mephitinae indet. (18201) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nevada) | Pliogale furlongi (19095) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Brachyopsigale dubius (18126 18359) Pliogale furlongi (35430) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | Mephitinae indet. (18093) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | Pliogale furlongi (19612) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Brachyopsigale dubius (19931) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Brachyopsigale dubius (20060) |