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Cryptoprocta (fossa)
Taxonomy
Cryptoprocta was named by Bennett (1833). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cryptoproctinae by Mivart (1882); and to Eupleridae by Yoder et al. (2003) and Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Cryptoproctinae by Mivart (1882); and to Eupleridae by Yoder et al. (2003) and Burney et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Cryptoprocta Bennett |
| 1882 | Cryptoprocta Mivart p. 142 |
| 2003 | Cryptoprocta Yoder et al. |
| 2008 | Cryptoprocta Burney et al. p. 19 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Cryptoprocta ferox (92732) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | Cryptoprocta spelea, Cryptoprocta ferox (205190 205193) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Cryptoprocta spelea (181845) |