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Pseudocivetta

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Pseudocivetta was named by Petter (1963). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Viverridae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Pseudocivettini by Morales and Pickford (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Pseudocivetta Petter
1988Pseudocivetta Carroll
2010Pseudocivetta Werdelin and Peigne p. 629
2011Pseudocivetta Morales and Pickford

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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
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyParadoxurinae(Gray 1864)
tribePseudocivettini
genusPseudocivettaPetter 1963

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. †Pseudocivetta Petter 1963
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Pseudocivetta howelli Morales et al. 2005
Pseudocivetta ingens Petter 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Pseudocivetta indet. (22221) P. sp. (22222)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya P. sp. (21399)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania P. ingens (22596)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya P. sp. (21456 21500)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya P. sp. (21414)