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Legionarictis fortidens

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Legionarictis fortidens was named by Tseng et al. (2009). Its type specimen is UCMP 166190, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V-99563, which is in a Barstovian/Barstovian terrestrial sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Legionarictis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Legionarictis fortidens Tseng et al. p. 14 figs. 2-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
subfamilyMustelinaeFischer 1817
genusLegionarictis
speciesfortidens

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.

Legionarictis fortidens Tseng et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. J. Tseng et al. 2009large mustelid, with very prominent sagittal crest similar to older individuals of the eurasian badger (Meles Boddaert 1785); infraorbital foramina small, immediately above posterior root of P3 as in most basal mustelines; upper tooth formula 3/1/3/1/; i3 unenlarged, as in basal muste- lines; P2-3 slender and simple, without accessory cusps; P4 protocone posteriorly offset from parastyle crest, slightly an- terior in position to paracone, similar to Martes Frisch 1775; carnassial notch absent as in all neomustelids, P4 paracone very robust, labially and lingually inflated, invading the proto- cone space; P4 hypoconal crest absent as in basal mustelines; M1 triangular in occlusal view, with well-formed, straight lingual cingulum; posterior cingulum slightly expanded, M1 labial roots close together or fused, intermediate between the morphology observed in basal mustelines and lutrines.