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Ursavus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Ursavus was named by Schlosser (1899) [type European U. brevirhinus]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ursidae by Schlosser (1899) and Carroll (1988); and to Ursavini by Hunt (1998) and Jin et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Ursavus Schlosser
1988Ursavus Carroll
1998Ursavus Hunt, Jr. p. 183
2007Ursavus Jin et al. p. 10935

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
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
Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
tribeUrsavini
genusUrsavusSchlosser 1899

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. †Ursavus Schlosser 1899
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Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887
Ursavus ehrenbergi Thenius 1947
Ursavus intermedius von Koenigswald 1925
Ursavus pawniensis Frick 1926
Ursavus primaevus Gaillard 1899
Ursavus sylvestris Qiu and Qi 1990
Ursavus tedfordi Qui and Wang 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available