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Mioparadoxurus meini

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Mioparadoxurus meini was named by Morales and Pickford (2011). Its type specimen is K 29-469, a mandible (left mandible containing m1-p4, the posterior half of p3, the anterior root of p3 and the posterior one of p2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hari Talyangar, Himichal Pradesh, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in India. It is the type species of Mioparadoxurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Mioparadoxurus meini 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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
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)
tribeParadoxuriniGray 1864
genusMioparadoxurus
speciesmeini

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.

Mioparadoxurus meini Morales and Pickford 2011
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Mioparadoxurus meini (type locality: 220636)