| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Viverravidae : Simpsonictis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Viverravidae : Simpsonictis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Simpsonictis MacIntyre, 1962 |
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| Name Published In | Am. Mus. Novit. No. 2118 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Simpsonictis | genus | belongs to Viverravidae | stated without evidence | MacIntyre, 1962 | | Simpsonictis | genus | subjective synonym of Protictis | stated without evidence | MacIntyre, 1966 | | Simpsonictis | genus | belongs to Viverravidae | stated without evidence | Van Valen, 1969 | | Simpsonictis | genus | subjective synonym of Protictis | stated without evidence | Rose, 1981 | | Simpsonictis | genus | belongs to Viverravidae | stated with evidence | Flynn and Galiano, 1982 | | Simpsonictis | genus | belongs to Viverravidae | stated without evidence | Winterfeld, 1982 | | Simpsonictis | genus | subjective synonym of Protictis | stated without evidence | Hartman, 1986 | | Simpsonictis | genus | belongs to Viverravidae | stated without evidence | Fox and Youzwyshyn, 1994 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Viverravidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. T. MacIntyre. 1962. Simpsonictis, a new genus of viverravine miacid (Mammalia, Carnivora). American Museum Novitates 2118 |
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| MacIntyre G. T. (1962) Simpsonictis, a new genus of viverravine miacid (Mammalia, Carnivora), American Museum Novitates 2118 |
| Rigby, Jr. J. K. (1980) Swain Quarry of the Fort Union Formation, Middle Paleocene (Torrejonian), Carbon County, Wyoming: geologic setting and mammalian fauna, Evolutionary Monographs 3, 1-178 |
| Flynn J. J., Galiano H. (1982) Phylogeny of early Tertiary Carnivora, with a description of a new species of Protictis from the middle Eocene of northwestern Wyoming, American Museum Novitates 2725, 1-64 |
| Winterfeld G. F. (1982) Mammalian paleontology of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), eastern Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21 1, 73-112 |
| Gingerich P. D., Winkler D. A. (1985) Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 4, 87-128 |
| Fox R. C., Youzwyshyn G. P. (1994) New primitive carnivorans (Mammalia) from the Paleocene of western Canada, and their bearing on relationships of the order, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14 3, 382-404 doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011566 |
| Polly P. D. (1997) Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30 1, 1-53 |
| Flynn J. J. (1998) Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 110-123 |
| Secord R. (1998) Paleocene mammalian biostratigraphy of the Carbon Basin, southeastern Wyoming, and age constraints on local phases of tectonism, Rocky Mountain Geology 33 1, 119-154 doi:10.2113/33.1.119 |
| 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 |
| Am. Mus. Novit. No. 2118 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Simpsonictis ✝
