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Masrasector

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Masrasector was named by Simons and Gingerich (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Proviverrinae by Peigné et al. (2007); to Teratodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017); and to Teratodontinae by Solé et al. (2014) and Borths and Seiffert (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Masrasector Simons and Gingerich
1997Masrasector McKenna and Bell
2007Masrasector Peigné et al. p. 453
2014Masrasector Solé et al.
2017Masrasector Borths and Seiffert
2017Masrasector Borths and Stevens

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
Teratodontinae()
genusMasrasectorSimons and Gingerich 1974

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.

G. †Masrasector Simons and Gingerich 1974
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Masrasector aegypticum Simons and Gingerich 1974
Masrasector ligabuei Crochet et al. 1990
Masrasector nananubis Borths and Seiffert 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.30000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Algeria Creodonta indet. (59733)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) M. ligabuei (162464)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt M. aegypticum (71943)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) M. sp. (60127)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya M. sp. (166975 174673)