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Musteloidea

Mammalia - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Musteloidea was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caniformia by Berta and Morgan (1985); to Carnivora by Wang and Qiu (2004); to Arctoidea by Baskin (1998), Labs Hochstein (2007); and to Mustelida by Tedford (1976), Wang et al. (2005), Robles et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Musteloidea Fischer de Waldheim
1976Musteloidea Tedford p. 372
1985Musteloidea Berta and Morgan p. 810
1998Musteloidea Baskin p. 145
2004Musteloidea Wang and Qiu
2005Musteloidea Wang et al. p. 39
2007Musteloidea Labs Hochstein p. 532
2010Musteloidea Robles et al. p. 550

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
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
superfamilyMusteloideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
superfamilyMusteloideaFischer de Waldheim 1817

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.

Superfm. Musteloidea Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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G. †Proputorius Filhol 1890
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†Proputorius sansaniensis Filhol 1891
Invalid names: Semantoridae Orlov 1932 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Tortonian or 16.90000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98China (Gansu) Plesictis vireti (53975)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Musteloidea indet. (38060)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) Proputorius sp. (43400)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Spain Proputorius sp. (70805)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Proputorius pusillus (32072)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Türkiye (Bursa) Proputorius sp. (68547)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Proputorius sansaniensis (175727)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Proputorius sansaniensis (32191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Madrid) Proputorius sp. (197673)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Proputorius sp. (70806)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Proputorius lufengensis, Proputorius sp. (11798)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Proputorius pusillus, Musteloidea indet., Proputorius sansaniensis (206345) Proputorius sansaniensis (34256)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Proputorius sp. (75481)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Yunnan) Proputorius lufengensis (44220 44224)