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Limnonyx

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4833818	https://www.gbif.org/species/4833818
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41120	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41120

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Limnonyx

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Melinae	Burmeister 1872
tribe	Lutrini	Gray 1865
genus	Limnonyx	Crusafont Pairó 1950

Scientific Name

Limnonyx Crusafont Pairó, 1950

Name Published In

Notas Comm. Inst. Geol. Min. Esp., 20

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Limnonyx	genus	belongs to Mustelidae	stated without evidence	Crusafont Pairo, 1950
Limnonyx	genus	belongs to Mustelidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Limnonyx	genus	belongs to Aonyxini	stated without evidence	Willemsen, 1992
Limnonyx	genus	belongs to Lutrini	stated with evidence	Baskin, 1998
Limnonyx	genus	belongs to Aonychini	stated without evidence	Pickford, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

13.6 - 11.6 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. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Limnonyx pontica species	listed (PBDB)		2	12.7 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Limnonyx sinerizi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lutra pontica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1950	Limnonyx Crusafont Pairo
1988	Limnonyx Carroll
1992	Limnonyx Willemsen p. 115
1998	Limnonyx Baskin p. 161
2007	Limnonyx Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Willemsen G. F. (1992) A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe, Scripta Geologica 101, 1-115

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

Pickford M. (2007) Revision of the Mio-Pliocene bunodont otter-like mammals of the Indian Subcontinent, Estudios Geologicos 63 1, 83-127

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Notas Comm. Inst. Geol. Min. Esp., 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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