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Viverravus minutus

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy
Viverravus minutus was named by Wortman (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dry Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Viverravus minutus Wortman p. 35

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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
speciesminutus

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 minutus Wortman 1901
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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: Carroll 1988, Flynn 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Viverravus minutus (15669)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Nevada) Viverravus minutus (16218)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Viverravus minutus (15837 16111 type locality: 16210 16228 16258 16273 16305 16315 16343 16345 27269 223470 223471 223484)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Viverravus minutus (16396)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Viverravus minutus (16623)