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Viverravus gracilis

Mammalia - Viverravidae

Taxonomy

Viverravus gracilis was named by Marsh (1872) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Viverravus.

Synonyms

Didymictis dawkinsianus was named by Cope (1881).

It was recombined as Viverravus dawkinsianus by Wortman (1899), Matthew (1909) and Matthew and Granger (1915); it was synonymized subjectively with Viverravus gracilis by Wortman (1901), Hay (1902) and Robinson (1966).
Harpalodon vulpinus was named by Marsh (1872) [suggested to be a synonym of M. parvivorus by Gunnell 1998c; same publication as H. sylvestris].

It was synonymized subjectively with Viverravus gracilis by Wortman (1901) and Matthew (1909); it was recombined as Viverravus vulpinus by Thorpe (1923).
Triacodon fallax was named by Marsh (1871) [genotype]. It is the type species of Triacodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Viverravus gracilis by Wortman (1901) and Schoch (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Sinopa minor by Thorpe (1923); it was considered a nomen dubium by Matthew (1909) and Van Valen (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Sinopa rapax by Gunnell (1998).
Ziphacodon rugatus was named by Marsh (1872) [genotype]. It is the type species of Ziphacodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Viverravus gracilis by Wortman (1901); it was considered a nomen dubium by Matthew (1909), Thorpe (1923) and Van Valen (1966).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Triacodon fallax Marsh
1872	Viverravus gracilis Marsh
1872	Ziphacodon rugatus Marsh p. 216
1872	Harpalodon vulpinus Marsh p. 217
1881	Didymictis dawkinsianus Cope p. 191
1892	Didymictis dawkinsianus Scott p. 320
1892	Viverravus gracilis Scott p. 321
1899	Viverravus dawkinsianus Wortman
1902	Triacodon fallax Hay p. 753
1902	Viverravus gracilis Hay p. 754
1902	Harpalodon vulpinus Hay p. 761
1902	Ziphacodon rugatus Hay p. 761
1909	Viverravus dawkinsianus Matthew
1915	Viverravus dawkinsianus Matthew and Granger
1923	Viverravus vulpinus Thorpe

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
family	Viverravidae
genus	Viverravus
species	gracilis

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 gracilis Marsh 1872

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Invalid names: Didymictis dawkinsianus Cope 1881 [synonym], Harpalodon vulpinus Marsh 1872 [synonym], Triacodon fallax Marsh 1871 [synonym], Ziphacodon rugatus Marsh 1872 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available