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Vulpavus hargeri

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8472814https://www.gbif.org/species/8472814
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)52678https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=52678
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Miacidae : Vulpavus : Vulpavus hargeri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Vulpavus : Vulpavus hargeri
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
genusVulpavusMarsh 1871
speciesVulpavus hargeriWortman 1901
Generic NameVulpavus
Scientific NameVulpavus hargeri (Wortman, 1901)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vulpavus hargerispeciesbelongs to Vulpavusstated with evidenceWortman, 1901
Vulpavus hargerispeciesbelongs to Miacisstated without evidenceMatthew, 1909
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Carnivora)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. L. Wortman. 1901. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 11(65):333-348

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Miacis hargeri (Wortman, 1901)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Miacidae : Vulpavus : Miacis hargeri

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1901Vulpavus hargeri Wortman p. 10
1909Miacis hargeri Matthew
1976Miacis hargeri Gazin

References

Wortman J. L. (1901) Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum, The American Journal of Science, series 4 11 65, 333-348
Matthew W. D. (1909) The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9, 289-567
Gazin C. L. (1976) Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26, 1-25
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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