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Intyrictis vanvaleni

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Protictis vanvaleni was named by MacIntyre (1966). Its type locality is East Flank Torreon Wash (Upper), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Bryanictis vanvaleni by Rigby (1980); it was recombined as Intyrictis vanvaleni by Gingerich and Winkler (1985), Williamson (1996), Secord (1998) and Meehan and Wilson (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Protictis vanvaleni MacIntyre
1980Bryanictis vanvaleni Rigby, Jr.
1982Protictis vanvaleni Flynn and Galiano
1985Intyrictis vanvaleni Gingerich and Winkler
1993Protictis vanvaleni Williamson and Lucas
1996Intyrictis vanvaleni Williamson
1998Intyrictis vanvaleni Secord
2002Intyrictis vanvaleni Meehan and Wilson

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
familyViverravidae
genusIntyrictis
speciesvanvaleni()

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.

†Intyrictis vanvaleni MacIntyre 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:47:14
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:47:14
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Flynn 1998

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Bryanictis vanvaleni (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Protictis vanvaleni (14825 type locality: 14833 14893)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Bryanictis vanvaleni (14906)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Intyrictis vanvaleni (14853)