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Amphictis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Amphictis was named by Pomel (1853). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gulo by Cope (1879).

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); to Procyonidae by Baskin (1998); to Mustelida by Morlo (1996), Wang et al. (2005); and to Ailuridae by Salesa et al. (2006), Sato et al. (2009), Baskin (2017), Baskin et al. (2020).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Lloyd on 2021-02-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Amphictis Pomel
1988Amphictis Carroll
1996Amphictis Morlo p. 211
1998Amphictis Baskin p. 146
2005Amphictis Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17
2006Amphictis Salesa et al. p. 381
2009Amphictis Sato et al. p. 917
2017Amphictis Baskin pp. e1293069-1
2020Amphictis Baskin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
genusAmphictisPomel 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Amphictis Pomel 1853
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†Amphictis aginensis de Bonis 1973
†Amphictis ambigua Gervais 1872
†Amphictis antiqua de Blainville 1842
†Amphictis borbonica Viret 1929
†Amphictis cuspida Nagel 2003
†Amphictis milloquensis Helbing 1928
†Amphictis prolongata Morlo 1996
†Amphictis schlosseri Heizmann and Morlo 1994
†Amphictis timucua Baskin 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 29 to the top of the MN 5 or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) A. timucua (71651)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) A. nana, A. ambigua (36712)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) A. ambigua, A. milloquensis (37208)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. borbonica, A. schlosseri, A. prolongata (69617)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Hungary (Esztergom) A. sp. (186636)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) A. borbonica, A. schlosseri, A. prolongata (69606)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Maine-et-Loire) A. antiquus (48069)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) A. antiquus (68040)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Florida) A. timucua (18562)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany A. sp. (46955)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) A. antiquus (142149)