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Conepatus sanmiguelensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Taxonomy
Conepatus sanmiguelensis was named by Wang and Carranza-Castaneda (2008). Its type specimen is IGM 7800, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coecillos, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Conepatus sanmiguelensis Wang and Carranza-Castaneda p. 388 figs. 4 - 10

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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
genusConepatusGray 1837
speciessanmiguelensis

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.

†Conepatus sanmiguelensis Wang and Carranza-Castaneda 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:03:45
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:03:45
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) Conepatus sanmiguelensis (18745 189790)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Conepatus sanmiguelensis (type locality: 18718)