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Mustelinae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	65327	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65327

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Mustelinae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
family	Mustelidae	Fischer 1817
subfamily	Mustelinae	Fischer 1817

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mustelinae	subfamily	belongs to Mustelidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Mustelinae	subfamily	belongs to Mustelidae	stated with evidence	Baskin, 1998
Mustelinae	subfamily	belongs to Mustelidae	stated without evidence	Heizmann and Morlo, 1998
Mustelinae	subfamily	belongs to Mustelidae	stated with evidence	Marmi et al., 2004
Mustelinae	subfamily	belongs to Mustelidae	stated without evidence	Baryshnikov, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

30 (47%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 20.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore, omnivore (based on Mustelidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. A. Baskin. 1998. Mustelidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mustelini tribe	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Dinogale ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Eira genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Tayra	6	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lartetictis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Legionarictis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Martes genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Marten	108	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mustela genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Weasel	220	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Tisisthenes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Vormela genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Marbled Polecat	4	8.70 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1817	Mustelinae Fischer
1902	Mustelinae Hay p. 766
1970	Mustelinae Bjork p. 16
1977	Mustelinae Ginsburg p. 226
1980	Mustelinae Kurten and Anderson p. 147
1982	Mustelinae Muizon p. 262 figs. Fig. 1

Year	Name and Author
1998	Mustelinae Baskin p. 162
1998	Mustelinae Heizmann and Morlo p. 142
2000	Mustelinae Presley p. 1
2004	Mustelinae Marmi et al. p. 492
2009	Mustelinae Baryshnikov p. 85
2009	Mustelinae Tseng et al. p. 14

References

Baskin J. A. (1998) Mustelidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 152-173

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Bjork P. R. (1970) The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60 7, 3-54

Ginsburg L. (1977) Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc), Geologie Mediterraneene 4 3, 225-240

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Muizon C. (1982) Les relations phylogenetiques des Lutrinae (Mustelidae, Mammalia), Geobios, Memoire Special 6, 259-277

Heizmann E. J., Morlo M. (1998) Die semisquatische Lartetictis dubia (Mustelinae, Carnivora, Mammala) vom Goldberg/Ries (Baden-Württemberg), Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv Beiheft 21, 141-153

Presley S. J. (2000) Eira barbara, Mammalian Species 636, 1-6

Marmi J., López-Giráldez J. F., et al (2004) Phylogeny, evolutionary history and taxonomy of the Mustelidae based on sequences of the cytochrome b gene and a complex repetitive flanking region, Zoologica Scripta 33 6, 481-499

Baryshnikov G. F. (2009) Pleistocene Mustelidae (Carnivora) from Paleolithic site in Kudaro Caves in the Caucasus, Russian Journal of Theriology 8 2, 75-95

Tseng Z. J., Wang X., et al (2009) A new immigrant mustelid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the middle Miocene Temblor Formation of central California, PaleoBios 29 1, 13-23

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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