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Brachyprotoma obtusata (short-faced skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Taxonomy
Mephitis obtusata was named by Cope (1899). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania.

It was recombined as Brachyprotoma obtusata by Brown (1908), Peterson (1926), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Heaton (1985).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Mephitis obtusata Cope
1902Mephitis obtusata Hay p. 766
1908Brachyprotoma obtusata Brown
1908Brachyprotoma pristina Brown
1908Brachyprotoma spelaea Brown
1923Brachyprotoma putorius Hay
1926Brachyprotoma obtusata Peterson
1936Brachyprotoma obtusata Hall
1980Brachyprotoma obtusata Kurten and Anderson p. 163
1985Brachyprotoma brevimala Heaton p. 366
1985Brachyprotoma obtusata Heaton p. 370
1989Brachyprotoma brevimala Mead and Mead p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMephitidaeBonaparte 1845
genusBrachyprotomaBrown 1908
speciesobtusata(Cope 1899)

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.

†Brachyprotoma obtusata Cope 1899 [short-faced skunk]
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Invalid names: Brachyprotoma brevimala Heaton 1985 [synonym], Brachyprotoma pristina Brown 1908 [synonym], Brachyprotoma putorius Hay 1923 [synonym], Brachyprotoma spelaea Brown 1908 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Brachyprotoma pristina (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Brachyprotoma obtusata (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Brachyprotoma pristina (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Brachyprotoma obtusata (type locality: 20479)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Brachyprotoma obtusata (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Spilogale sp. (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Brachyprotoma brevimala (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Brachyprotoma brevimala (93291)