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Ardynictis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4834559	https://www.gbif.org/species/4834559
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41369	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41369

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Didymoconidae : Ardynictis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didymoconida : Ardynictis

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
order	Didymoconida
genus	Ardynictis	Matthew & Granger 1925

Scientific Name

Ardynictis Matthew & Granger, 1925

Name Published In

Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 193

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ardynictis	genus	belongs to Oxyaenidae	stated with evidence	Matthew and Granger, 1925
Ardynictis	genus	belongs to Didymoconidae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Ardynictis	genus	belongs to Anagalida	implied	Carroll, 1988
Ardynictis	genus	belongs to Ardynictinae	stated with evidence	Lopatin, 2003
Ardynictis	genus	belongs to Ardynictinae	stated without evidence	Lopatin, 2006
Ardynictis	genus	belongs to Didymoconidae	stated with evidence	Missiaen et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1925. New Creodonts and Rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 193:1-7

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ardynictis captor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Ardynictis furunculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Ardynictis zhaii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1925	Ardynictis Matthew and Granger
1967	Ardynictis Van Valen
1988	Ardynictis Carroll
2003	Ardynictis Lopatin
2006	Ardynictis Lopatin
2013	Ardynictis Missiaen et al.

References

Matthew W. D., Granger W. (1925) New Creodonts and Rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 193, 1-7

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

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

Lopatin A. V. (2003) A New Species of Ardynictis (Didymoconidae, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 37 3, 303-311

Lopatin A. V. (2006) Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora, Paleontological Journal 40 3, S205-S405

Missiaen P., Solé F., et al (2013) A new species of Archaeoryctes from the Middle Paleocene of China and the phylogenetic diversification of Didymoconidae, Geologica Belgica 16 4, 245-253

Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 193 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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 - 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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