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Vulpavus
Taxonomy
Vulpavus was named by Marsh (1871). Its type is Vulpavus palustris.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Scott (1892).
It was assigned to Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Miacidae by Marsh (1871), Flynn (1998) and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006) and Silcox et al. (2010); to Carnivoramorpha by Tomiya (2011); and to Carnivoraformes by Solé et al. (2014).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Scott (1892).
It was assigned to Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Miacidae by Marsh (1871), Flynn (1998) and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006) and Silcox et al. (2010); to Carnivoramorpha by Tomiya (2011); and to Carnivoraformes by Solé et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Vulpavus Marsh |
| 1902 | Vulpavus Hay p. 761 |
| 1982 | Vulpavus Flynn and Galiano p. 50 |
| 1986 | Vulpavus Hooker p. 336 |
| 1998 | Vulpavus Flynn |
| 2005 | Vulpavus Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842 |
| 2006 | Vulpavus Polly et al. p. 1023 |
| 2010 | Vulpavus Silcox et al. |
| 2011 | Vulpavus Tomiya p. 16 |
| 2014 | Vulpavus Solé et al. |
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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. †Vulpavus Marsh 1871
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†Vulpavus australis Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Vulpavus asius Gazin 1952 [synonym]
†Vulpavus completus Matthew 1909
†Vulpavus farsonensis Gunnell 1998
†Vulpavus hargeri Wortman 1901
†Vulpavus ovatus Matthew 1909
†Vulpavus palustris Marsh 1871
†Vulpavus profectus Matthew 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Graybullian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections (94 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graybullian | USA (Wyoming) | V. australis (15701) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | V. australis (16003) V. canavus (15915 15930 16073 16078) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | V. australis (15663) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | V. australis (15328) V. australis, V. canavus (15413) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | V. asius (15479 15662 15710) V. australis (15518 15522 15531 15532 15534 15538 15540 15541 15542 15543 15546 15547 15551 15556 15597 15692 15694 15695 15702 15705 15805 15806 15906 27268 46652 46682 46699 46700 46704 46712 46729 46736 46737 46745 46759 46766 46767 46780 46803) V. australis, V. canavus (15548 15553 15554 15555 15557 15558 15559 15560 15573 15576 15577 15578) V. canavus (15563 15565 15566 15579) V. simplex, V. australis (46746) V. sp. (15455 15486 15552 15575 15688 15846 15934) V. sp., V. canavus (15964) | |
| Wasatchian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | V. sp. (15583) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | V. australis (15700) V. australis, V. canavus (15680) V. sp. (15690) | |
| Wasatchian - Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | V. profectus (15669) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | V. asius (16240) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Miacis hargeri (16201 16284 16395) Miacis hargeri, V. palustris, V. profectus (16228) V. australis, V. canavus (15837) V. canavus (16207 16415) V. farsonensis (16099) V. farsonensis, V. palustris (16116) V. ovatus (16255 16357) V. profectus (16393) |