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Megalictis frazieri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Paroligobunis frazieri was named by Frailey (1978). Its type locality is SB-1A, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

It was recombined as Megalictis frazieri by Hunt and Skolnick (1990), Hunt and Skolnick (1996) and Valenciano et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Paroligobunis frazieri Frailey
1990Megalictis frazieri Hunt, Jr. and Skolnick
1996Megalictis frazieri Hunt, Jr. and Skolnick
2016Megalictis frazieri Valenciano et al. p. 7

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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
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusMegalictis
speciesfrazieri()

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.

Megalictis frazieri Frailey 1978
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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: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 20.43000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Florida) Paroligobunis frazieri (type locality: 17837)