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Uintacyon hookeri

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Uintacyon hookeri was named by Solé (2014). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.Cui14837, a mandible (Right mandible with M1and alve-oli of P3and P4, and posterior alveolus for P2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carrière de Cuis, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Uintacyon hookeri Solé

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusUintacyon
specieshookeri

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.

†Uintacyon hookeri Solé 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:29
Modified: 2011-05-12 19:30:44
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range: MP 8 + 9 or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Uintacyon hookeri (35533 35535 type locality: 35540)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Uintacyon hookeri (84997)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Uintacyon hookeri (179143)