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Siamogale melilutra

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Siamogale melilutra was named by Wang et al. (2018). Its type specimen is ZT-10-03-064b, a partial skull (partial cranium with left P3–M1 and right P2–M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shuitangba, which is in a Baodean terrestrial claystone in the Zhaotong Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Lutra aonychoides Zdansky
2018Siamogale melilutra Wang et al. figs. Figs 2–5, 8

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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
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusSiamogaleGinsburg et al. 1983
speciesmelilutra

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.

Siamogale melilutra Wang et al. 2018
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Invalid names: Lutra aonychoides Zdansky 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
X. Wang et al. 2018Siamogale melilutra is distinct from S. thai- landica in its large size, more posteriorly reclined mandib-ular ascending ramus, a continuous P4 protocone crest extending distally to the metastyle (in contrast to a more cuspidate P4 protocone in S. thailandica), a relatively less distally expanded M1 lingual cingulum, a more shortened m1, and an m1 metaconid ridge being differentiated into a discrete metastylid.