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Ballusia elmensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Ursavus elmensis was named by Stehlin (1917).

It was recombined as Ballusia elmensis by Ginsburg and Morales (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Ursavus elmensis Stehlin
1998Ballusia elmensis Ginsburg and Morales

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
genusBallusia
specieselmensis(Stehlin 1917)

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.

†Ballusia elmensis Stehlin 1917
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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: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:31:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the MN 5 or 20.00000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Ursavus elmensis (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) Ursavus elmensis (48069)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Ursavus elmensis (68040)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Ursavus elmensis (46955)