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Pliogale

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Taxonomy
Pliogale was named by Hall (1930).

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hall (1930) and Carroll (1988); and to Mephitini by Baskin (1998) and Wang et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pliogale Hall
1988Pliogale Carroll
1998Pliogale Baskin p. 159
2005Pliogale Wang et al. p. 937

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMephitidaeBonaparte 1845
subfamilyMephitinaeBonaparte 1845
genusPliogale

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. †Pliogale Hall 1930
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Pliogale furlongi Merriam 1911
Pliogale manka Green 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available