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Leptarctus woodburnei

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Leptarctus woodburnei was named by Bever and Zakrzewski (2009). Its type specimen is FHSM VP-5481, a mandible (right dentary with m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bemis Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Leptarctus woodburnei Bever and Zakrzewski pp. 466 - 467 figs. 2, 3

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyLeptarctinaeGazin 1936
genusLeptarctus
specieswoodburnei

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.

†Leptarctus woodburnei Bever and Zakrzewski 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. S. Bever and R. J. Zakrzewski 2009leptarctine with reduction or loss of second lower premolar resulting in a lower dental formula of i3/c1/p2/m2.