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Palaeogale sectoria

Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

Taxonomy
Mustela sectoria was named by Gervais (1848). Its type specimen is NHMUK M27816, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Palaeogale sectoria by Schlosser (1888), de Bonis (1981), Morlo (1996), Baskin and Tedford (1996) and de Bonis et al. (2019).

Synonyms
  • Bunaelurus ulysses was named by Matthew and Granger (1924). Its type specimen is AMNH 19004, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

    It was recombined as Palaeogale ulysses by Simpson (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaeogale sectoria by de Bonis (1981).
  • Bunaelurus parvulus was named by Matthew and Granger (1924). Its type specimen is AMNH 19013, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

    It was recombined as Palaeogale parvulus by Simpson (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaeogale sectoria by de Bonis (1981).
  • Bunaelurus infelix was named by Matthew (1903). Its type specimen is AMNH 9620, a mandible (part of a lower jaw with p4-m1 and the stump of m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pipestone Springs, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial claystone in the Renova Formation of Montana.

    It was recombined as Palaeogale infelix by Simpson (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaeogale sectoria by de Bonis (1981) and Baskin and Tedford (1996).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Mustela sectoria Gervais
1888Palaeogale sectoria Schlosser
1903Bunaelurus infelix Matthew p. 210
1924Bunaelurus parvulus Matthew and Granger
1924Bunaelurus ulysses Matthew and Granger
1946Palaeogale infelix Simpson
1946Palaeogale parvulus Simpson
1946Palaeogale ulysses Simpson
1981Palaeogale sectoria de Bonis
1996Palaeogale sectoria Baskin and Tedford
1996Palaeogale sectoria Morlo p. 200
2019Palaeogale sectoria de Bonis 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
speciessectoria(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 sectoria Gervais 1848
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Invalid names: Bunaelurus infelix Matthew 1903 [synonym], Bunaelurus parvulus Matthew and Granger 1924 [synonym], Bunaelurus ulysses Matthew and Granger 1924 [synonym]
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: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Palaeogale infelix (17010)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Palaeogale lagophaga (17082)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Palaeogale lagophaga (17104 17105)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) Palaeogale sectoria (17090)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Palaeogale sectoria (17180 163487)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Palaeogale parvulus, Palaeogale ulysses (174759)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Bunaelurus ulysses, Bunaelurus parvulus (53979)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Palaeogale sectoria (53978)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Palaeogale sectoria (179140)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Palaeogale sectoria (167513)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Palaeogale sectoria (36711)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dome) Palaeogale sectoria (type locality: 183363)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dôme) Palaeogale sectoria (179177)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Palaeogale lagophaga (17912)