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Palaeonictis gigantea

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Palaeonictis gigantea was named by de Blainville (1842). Its type specimen is MNHN ARP 52 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muirancourt, which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in France. It is the type species of Palaeonyctis, Palaeonictis.

Synonyms
  • Dormaalodon woutersi was named by Lange-Badré (1987). Its type specimen is IRSNB M1474, a tooth (RM/1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeonictis gigantea by Solé et al. (2011).
  • Oxyaena casieri was named by Quinet (1966).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeonictis gigantea by Solé et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville
1884Palaeonyctis gigantea Cope p. 481
1902Palaeonictis gigantea Hay p. 755
1929Palaeonictis gigantea Sinclair and Jepsen p. 172
1966Oxyaena casieri Quinet
1987Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré
2010Palaeonictis gigantea Chester et al. p. 234

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyPalaeonictinaeDenison 1938
genusPalaeonictisde Blainville 1842
speciesgiganteade Blainville 1842

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.

†Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842
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Invalid names: Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré 1987 [synonym], Oxyaena casieri Quinet 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell 1998

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Palaeonictis gigantea (35537)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Palaeonictis gigantea (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Palaeonictis gigantea (38868 174239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Palaeonictis gigantea (174627) Palaeonictis gigantea, Dormaalodon woutersi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Palaeonictis gigantea (68174)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France Palaeonictis gigantea (123459)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Oise) Palaeonictis gigantea (type locality: 144104)