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Palaeogale minuta

Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

Taxonomy
Mustela minuta was named by Gervais (1848) [type from Europe].

It was synonymized subjectively with Mustela rixosa by Kurten (1968); it was recombined as Palaeogale minuta by Schlosser (1887), Helbing (1917), Viret (1929), Simpson (1946), Morlo (1996) and Korth et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Mustela minuta Gervais
1887Palaeogale minuta Schlosser
1917Palaeogale minuta Helbing
1929Palaeogale minuta Viret
1946Palaeogale minuta Simpson
1996Palaeogale minuta Morlo p. 201
2022Palaeogale minuta Korth 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyPalaeogalidaeMartin and Lim 2001
genusPalaeogalevon Meyer 1846
speciesminuta(Gervais 1848)

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.

†Palaeogale minuta Gervais 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Chadronian to the top of the MN 4 or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Palaeogale minuta (230806)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Palaeogale minuta (17476)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Florida) Palaeogale sp. (17837)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Palaeogale minuta (69617)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Palaeogale minuta (69606)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Palaeogale minuta (17865)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Palaeogale minuta (68040)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Palaeogale minuta (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Palaeogale minuta (69099)