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Oligobuninae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Oligobuninae Baskin p. 155
2005Oligobuninae Wang et al.
2016Oligobuninae Valenciano et al. p. 6
2017Oligobuninae Baskin pp. e1293069-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyOligobuninae
subfamilyOligobuninae

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.

Subfm. †Oligobuninae Baskin 1998
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G. †Brachypsalis Cope 1890
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Brachypsalis matutinus Matthew 1924
Brachypsalis modicus Matthew 1918
Brachypsalis obliquidens Sinclair 1915
Invalid names: Brachypsaloides Webb 1969 [synonym]
G. †Floridictis Baskin 2017
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Floridictis kerneri Baskin 2017
Floridictis petersoni Loomis 1932
G. †Megalictis Matthew 1907
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Megalictis ferox Matthew 1907
Megalictis frazieri Frailey 1978
Megalictis simplicidens Peterson 1907
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Invalid names: Aelurocyon brevifacies Peterson 1907 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aelurocyon Peterson 1907 [synonym]
G. †Oligobunis Cope 1881
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Oligobunis floridanus White 1947
G. †Parabrachypsalis Baskin 2017
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Parabrachypsalis janisae Baskin 2017
G. †Paroligobunis Peterson 1910
G. †Promartes Riggs 1942
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Promartes darbyi Thorpe 1921
Promartes gemmarosae Loomis 1932
Promartes lepidus Matthew 1907
Promartes olcotti Riggs 1942
Promartes vantasselensis Loomis 1932
Invalid names: Promartes fossor Thorpe 1921 [nomen nudum]
G. †Zodiolestes Riggs 1942
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Zodiolestes freundi Labs Hochstein 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Baskin 2017A monophyletic subfamily of small to very large stem mustelids. P4 with a tall paracone, a carnassial notch, and a small anteriorly placed protocone; M1 with the postprotocrista and metaconule absent, a very prominent parastyle, and primi- tively narrow internally; M2 very small and double- or single- rooted; m1 relatively short, with a high trigonid and a low talonid that is restricted externally; m2 double-rooted to absent; I3 very enlarged; auditory bulla with a large posterior accessory cham- ber; suprameatal fossa variably present to absent; posterior carotid foramen close to the posterior lacerate foramen; scapula with a teres process; palate greatly prolonged behind the molars; and a posteriorly projecting paroccipital process (modified from Baskin, 1998a)
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Barstovian or 26.30000 to 13.60000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (California) Promartes sp. (17800)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (South Dakota) Promartes gemmarosae (17441)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Wyoming) Promartes lepidus (17822)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Oregon) Oligobunis sp. (93080)
early Late Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Oregon) Promartes sp. (36854)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Promartes olcotti (17564)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Nebraska) Oligobunis darbyi (17565)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian26.3 - 20.43USA (Oregon) Oligobunis sp. (17528)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Nebraska) Aelurocyon brevifacies (17809) Megalictis sp. (17789) Oligobunis lepidus (17744) Oligobunis sp., Promartes sp., Zodiolestes sp. (17819) Paroligobunis simplicidens (22641) Promartes olcotti, Zodiolestes daimonelixensis (17863) Zodiolestes sp. (28043)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (South Dakota) Megalictis ferox (17750) Megalictis ferox, Promartes lepidus (17745) Promartes lepidus (17748 17754 17756)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Texas) Paroligobunis sp. (17768)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Florida) Paroligobunis frazieri (17837)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (New Mexico) Promartes lepidus (17844)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Wyoming) Aelurocyon brevifacies (17824) Megalictis ferox (17793 17839 17840) Oligobunis vantasselensis (17853) Paroligobunis petersoni (17854) Promartes olcotti (17823) Zodiolestes sp., Megalictis ferox (17794)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Colorado) Megalictis sp. (17797)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Oligobunis crassivultus (157001)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (New Mexico) Promartes sp. (19341)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Dakota) Brachypsalis modicus (18185)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis sp., Oligobunis sp. (17898)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Brachypsalis sp., Oligobunis sp., Floridictis kerneri, Parabrachypsalis sp., Parabrachypsalis janisae (18562)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) Promartes lepidus (19388)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Oligobunis floridanus, Zodiolestes freundi (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis matutinus (18001)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Promartes lepidus (17912)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nevada) Brachypsalis pachycephalus (19097)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Colorado) Brachypsalis modicus (18220)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis hyaenoides (18341) Brachypsalis pachycephalus (18164 18271) Brachypsaloides modicus (18284)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) Brachypsalis obliquidens (19542) Brachypsalis pachycephalus (19133)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis obliquidens (17976 17983)
Barstovian - Clarendonian15.97 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis modicus (230906)