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Palaeonictis

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Palaeonictis was named by de Blainville (1842). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeonictis gigantea.

It was assigned to Amblyctonidae by Cope (1880) and Cope (1880); to Palaeonictidae by Scott (1892); to Ambloctonidae by Hay (1902); to Oxyaenidae by De Blainville (1842), Sinclair and Jepsen (1929) and Gunnell (1998); and to Palaeonictinae by Van Valen (1967) and Chester et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Palaeonictis De Blainville
1842Palaeonictis de Blainville
1880Palaeonyctis Cope
1892Palaeonictis Scott p. 311
1902Palaeonictis Hay p. 755
1929Palaeonictis Sinclair and Jepsen p. 171
1967Palaeonictis Van Valen
1998Palaeonictis Gunnell
2010Palaeonictis Chester et al. p. 232

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyPalaeonictinaeDenison 1938
genusPalaeonictisde Blainville 1842

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. †Palaeonictis de Blainville 1842
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†Palaeonictis gigantea de Blainville 1842
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Invalid names: Dormaalodon woutersi Lange-Badré 1987 [synonym], Oxyaena casieri Quinet 1966 [synonym]
†Palaeonictis peloria Rose 1981
†Palaeonictis wingi Chester et al. 2010
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 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Sandcouleean to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) P. sp. (15234 15237 15257 15259 15347)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) P. peloria (15107 15112 15165)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) P. gigantea (174627) P. gigantea, Dormaalodon woutersi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) P. gigantea (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) P. gigantea (38868 174239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) P. gigantea (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) P. gigantea (35537)
Sandcouleean55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. wingi (100280)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. occidentalis (15491 15503 15510 15518 15524 15531 15590 15682 15705 15732 15750 15756 15765 15769 46688 46732 46736 46783 46786 46814 109302) P. sp. (15759)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (15583 15840)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Oise) P. gigantea (144104)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France P. gigantea (123459)