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Musteloidea

Mammalia - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Musteloidea was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caniformia by Berta and Morgan (1985); to Carnivora by Wang and Qiu (2004); to Arctoidea by Baskin (1998) and Labs Hochstein (2007); and to Mustelida by Tedford (1976), Wang et al. (2005) and Robles et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Musteloidea Fischer de Waldheim
1976Musteloidea Tedford p. 372
1985Musteloidea Berta and Morgan p. 810
1998Musteloidea Baskin p. 145
2004Musteloidea Wang and Qiu
2005Musteloidea Wang et al. p. 39
2007Musteloidea Labs Hochstein p. 532
2010Musteloidea Robles et al. p. 550

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
superfamilyMusteloideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
superfamilyMusteloideaFischer de Waldheim 1817

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.

Superfm. Musteloidea Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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G. †Proputorius Filhol 1890
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Proputorius sansaniensis Filhol 1891
Invalid names: Semantoridae Orlov 1932 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available