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Quercytherium

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Quercytherium was named by Filhol (1880). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Proviverrinae by Solé (2013); and to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Solé and Mennecart (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Quercytherium Filhol
1967Quercytherium Van Valen
1997Quercytherium McKenna and Bell
2013Quercytherium Solé
2019Quercytherium Solé and Mennecart

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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()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
genusQuercytheriumFilhol 1880

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. †Quercytherium Filhol 1880
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Quercytherium simplicidens Solé et al. 2014
Quercytherium tenebrosum Solé et al. 2014
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 14:44:28
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:44:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available