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Martinogale

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Martinogale Hall p. 147 figs. Pl. 7, figs. e, h, i and l
1988Martinogale Carroll
1998Martinogale Baskin p. 159
2005Martinogale Wang et al. p. 937
2008Martinogale Wang and Carranza-Castaneda

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
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
familyMephitidaeBonaparte 1845
genusMartinogale

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. †Martinogale Hall 1930
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Martinogale alveodens Hall 1930
Martinogale chisoensis Stevens and Stevens 2003
Martinogale faulli Wang et al. 2005
Martinogale nambiana Cope 1874
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. R. Hall 1930dental formula i3/3, c1/1, p3/3, m1/2. M1 with distinct metaconid directly medial to protoconid; talonid basined, incipiently trenchant, relatively long (see pl.7, figs. e, i, 1), without distinct entoconid and hypoconid; lateral crest of talonid continuous with posterior crest of protoconid; premolars without accessory cusps; mental foramen below anterior half of posterior root of P4.
X. Wang et al. 2005As the most basal New World mephi- tine, Martinogale is distinguished from Buisnictis in its small size, its lack of a conical m1 entoconid and lack of a notch between the entoconid and metaconid, its relatively narrow p4, and its low M1 internal cingulum. Martinogale differs from the crown clade of New World mephitines (Spilogale, Mephitis, Conepatus, Brachyprotoma, Osmotherium) in its primitively small P4 proto- cone that is not broadened into a crest, its narrow postorbital constriction, its relatively unexpanded mastoid sinus, and its small paroccipital process that is not detached from the bulla.