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Ictitherium

Description

Ictitherium is an extinct genus belonging to the family Hyaenidae and the subfamily Ictitheriinae erected by Trouessart in 1897. Ictitherium species were endemic to Eurasia and Africa during the Middle Miocene through the Early Pliocene (12.7—5.3 mya) and existed approximately 7.4 million years.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4833215https://www.gbif.org/species/4833215
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41026https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41026
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Ictitherium
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
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyAeluroideaFlower 1869
familyHyaenidaeGray 1821
genusIctitheriumWagner 1848
Scientific NameIctitherium Wagner, 1848
Name Published InAbh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München, 5 (2)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ictitheriumgenusbelongs to Hyaenidaestated without evidenceKurten, 1968
Ictitheriumgenusbelongs to Ictitheriinaestated without evidenceGinsburg, 1977
Ictitheriumgenusbelongs to Hyaenidaestated without evidenceKurtén, 1982
Ictitheriumgenusbelongs to HyaenidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Ictitheriumgenusbelongs to Ictitheriinaestated without evidenceRoussiakis and Theodorou, 2003
Ictitheriumgenusbelongs to Hyaenidaestated without evidenceWerdelin and Peigne, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Hyaenidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ictitherium

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ictitherium pannonicum
species
listed (PBDB)111.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Ictitherium sivalense
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Galeotherium Wagner, 1840GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Galeotherium

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1848Ictitherium Wagner
1968Ictitherium Kurten p. 68
1977Ictitherium Ginsburg p. 229
1982Ictitherium Kurtén pp. 1011-1015 figs. 1, 2
1988Ictitherium Carroll
2003Ictitherium Roussiakis and Theodorou
2010Ictitherium Werdelin and Peigne p. 642

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317
Ginsburg L. (1977) Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc), Geologie Mediterraneene 4 3, 225-240
Kurtén B. (1982) Status of the fossil hyaenids Ictitherium viverrinum and Thalassictis robusta (Mammalia), Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, Berlin 10 7, 1009-1018
Roussiakis S. J., Theodorou G. E. (2003) Carnivora from the Late Miocene of Kerassiá (Northern Euboea, Greece), Deinsea. Distribution and Migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia. A Volume in Honour of Hans de Bruijn 10, 469-497
Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657
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
Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München, 5 (2) - 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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