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Viverravus laytoni

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Protictis laytoni was named by Gingerich and Winkler (1985). Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Viverravus laytoni by Polly (1997).

Synonyms
  • Viverravus bowni was named by Gingerich (1987). Its type specimen is UM 76928, a mandible (left dentary with impression of Pe and crowns of M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Discovery Site, which is in an Eocene wet floodplain wackestone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Viverravus laytoni by Polly (1997).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Protictis laytoni Gingerich and Winkler
1987Viverravus bowni Gingerich p. 312
1997Viverravus laytoni Polly

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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
genusViverravus
specieslaytoni()

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.

Viverravus laytoni Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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Invalid names: Viverravus bowni Gingerich 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available