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Hoplictis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4833715https://www.gbif.org/species/4833715
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41114https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41114
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Hoplictis
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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyMellivorinaeGray 1865
genusHoplictisGinsburg 1961
Scientific NameHoplictis Ginsburg, 1961
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hoplictisgenusbelongs to Mustelidaestated without evidenceGinsburg and Morales, 1992
Hoplictisgenusbelongs to Ischyrictinistated with evidenceBaskin, 1998
Hoplictisgenusbelongs to Mellivorinaestated with evidenceValenciano et al., 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Mustelidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Beckia grangerensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		223.0 Ma
Miocene		13.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1961Hoplictis Ginsburg
1968Beckia Bryant p. 2 figs. Figs. 1, 2
1976Beckia Edwards p. 2
1992Hoplictis Ginsburg and Morales
1998Hoplictis Baskin p. 163
2018Hoplictis Valenciano et al.

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Bryant L. J. (1968) A New Genus of Mustelid From the Ellensburg Formation, Washington, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 139, 1-6
Edwards S. W. (1976) A mandible of Beckia (Mammalia: Mustelidae) from Contra Costa County, California, PaleoBios 20, 1-5
Baskin J. A. (1998) Mustelidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 152-173
Valenciano A., Abella J., et al (2018) New Early Miocene Material of Iberictis, the Oldest Member of the Wolverine Lineage (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Guloninae), Journal of Mammalian Evolution doi:10.1007/s10914-018-9445-x
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
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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