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Didymictis leptomylus

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Didymictis leptomylus was named by Cope (1880).

It was recombined as Viverravus leptomylus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Didymictis protenus by Matthew and Granger (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Didymictis leptomylus Cope
1892Didymictis leptomylus Scott p. 320
1902Viverravus leptomylus Hay p. 755
1937Didymictis leptomylus Simpson
1997Didymictis leptomylus Polly
2012Didymictis leptomylus Rose et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
familyViverravidae
genusDidymictis
speciesleptomylusCope 1880

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.

†Didymictis leptomylus Cope 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:51:27
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:51:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Flynn 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Didymictis protenus (15480 15485 15725 15887)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Didymictis leptomylus (15495 15503 15505 15507 15509 15510 15511 15512 15513 15514 15516 15518 15519 15592 15699 15729 15732 15736 15738 15748 15749 15754 15756 15762 15779 15788 15789 15791 15820 15822 46792 46844)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Didymictis leptomylus (15681 27351 80580 154251 154254 154255 154257 154258 154262 154264 154270 154271 154273 154274)