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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4833082	https://www.gbif.org/species/4833082
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41090	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41090

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Procyonidae : Amphictis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ailuridae : Amphictis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
superfamily	Arctoidea	Flower 1869
-	Mustelida	Tedford 1976
family	Ailuridae
genus	Amphictis	Pomel 1853

Scientific Name

Amphictis Pomel, 1853

Name Published In

Cat. meth. Vert. Foss.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Amphictis	genus	subjective synonym of Gulo	stated without evidence	Cope, 1879
Amphictis	genus	belongs to Mustelidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Amphictis	genus	belongs to Mustelida	stated without evidence	Morlo, 1996
Amphictis	genus	belongs to Procyonidae	stated without evidence	Baskin, 1998
Amphictis	genus	belongs to Mustelida	stated without evidence	Wang et al., 2005
Amphictis	genus	belongs to Ailuridae	stated without evidence	Salesa et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore, omnivore (based on Carnivora)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amphictis aginensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Amphictis antiqua ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Amphictis borbonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	22.4 Ma Miocene
Amphictis prolongata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	22.4 Ma Miocene
Amphictis schlosseri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	22.4 Ma Miocene
Amphictis timucua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Amphictis wintershofensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Viverra antiqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

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

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Morlo M. (1996) Carnivoren aus dem Unter-Miozän des Mainzer Beckens, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 76 1/2, 193-249

Baskin J. A. (1998) Procyonidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 144-151

Wang X., McKenna M. C., et al (2005) Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and phylogeny of basal arctoids with comments on zoogeography, American Museum Novitates 3483, 1-57

Salesa M. J., Antón M., et al (2006) Evidence of a false thumb in a fossil carnivore clarifies the evolution of pandas, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 2, 379-382

Baskin J. A. (2017) Additional Carnivorans from the Early Hemingfordian Miller Local Fauna, Florida, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 2, e1293069

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cat. meth. Vert. Foss. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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