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Ictitherium viverrinum

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Ictitherium viverrinum was named by Roth (1854). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thalassictis robusta by Gaudry (1862).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ictitherium viverrinum Roth
1991Ictitherium viverrinum Werdelin and Solunias

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
genusIctitheriumWagner 1848
speciesviverrinumRoth 1854

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.

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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:23:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 9 to the top of the MN 12 or 11.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Ictitherium sp. (202222)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) Ictitherium viverrinum (231009)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Slovakia (Trnava) Ictitherium viverrinum (69719)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Ictitherium viverrinum (167995)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) Ictitherium viverrinum (78328)