Vulpavus

Extinct genus of carnivores

Vulpavus
Temporal range: 54.9–46.2 Ma
PreꞒ
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S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
early to middle Eocene
Skeleton of Vulpavus ovatus at the American Museum of Natural History
Life restoration of V. ovatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: Vulpavus
Marsh, 1871
Type species
Vulpavus palustris
Marsh, 1871
Species
  • V. australis (Matthew & Granger, 1915)[1]
  • V. canavus (Cope, 1881)[2]
  • V. completus (Matthew, 1909)[3]
  • V. farsonensis (Gunnell, 1998)[4]
  • V. palustris (Marsh, 1871)[5]
  • V. profectus (Matthew, 1909)
  • Subgenus: †Phlaodectes (Matthew, 1909)
    • V. ovatus (Matthew, 1909)
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • V. australis:
    • Vulpavus asius (Gazin, 1952)[6]
  • V. canavus:
    • Miacis brevirostris (Cope, 1881)
    • Miacis canavus (Cope, 1881)
    • Prodaphaenus canavus (Wortman, 1901)[7]
    • Uintacyon brevirostris (Matthew, 1899)[8]
    • Uintacyon canavus (Matthew, 1899)
  • V. ovatus:
    • Phlaodectes ovatus (Matthew, 1909)

Vulpavus ("ancestor of foxes") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.[9][10]

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of genus Vulpavus are shown in the following cladogram:[11][12][13][14]

 Carnivoramorpha 
 †Viverravidae 

Viverravoidea

 ? 

†Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 50993 & UALVP 50994)

 ? 

Ravenictis

 sensu lato 
 ? 

†Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 31176)

 ? 

†Carnivoramorpha sp. (USNM 538395)

 ? 

"Sinopa" insectivorus

 Carnivoraformes 
 Clade "B" 

Eogale

"Miacis" sp. (CM 67873 & CM 77299)

Gracilocyon igniculus

Gracilocyon winkleri

Gracilocyon solei

Gracilocyon

Gracilocyon sp. (Jibou, Romania)

Paramiacis

Paroodectes

 †Oodectes jepseni 

 †Oodectes 

 †Oodectes herpestoides 

 †Oodectes proximus 

 †Oodectes pugnax 

 †Uintacyon hookeri 

 †Uintacyon rudis 

 †Uintacyon 

 †Uintacyon asodes 

 †Uintacyon edax 

Zodiocyon

Miocyon

Simamphicyon

 †Uintacyon sp. (USGS 1983

Messelogale

Quercygalidae

 Clade "C" 

Vulpavus profectus

Vulpavus australis

Vulpavus canavus

Vulpavus completus

Vulpavus

Vulpavus farsonensis

Vulpavus palustris

Vassacyon

Dormaalocyon

"Miacis" exiguus

"Miacis" deutschi

Africtis

 ? 

†Carnivoraformes undet. Genus B

Dawsonicyon

"Miacis" boqinghensis

"Miacis" hookwayi

"Miacis" latidens

"Miacis" petilus

 ? 

†Carnivoraformes undet. Genus A

Miacis

 Clade "D" 

Lycarion

"Miacis" hargeri

 ? 

Ceruttia

"Miacis" invictus

"Miacis" lushiensis

Neovulpavus

Harpalodon

Procynodictis

Prodaphaenus

 ? 

Walshius

"Miacis" gracilis

Tapocyon

Carnivora (sensu stricto)

Gracilocyon/Oodectes clade
Vulpavus clade
 (Carnivora [sensu lato]) 

See also

References

  1. ^ W. D. Matthew and W. Granger (1915.) "A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
  2. ^ E. D. Cope (1881.) "On the Vertebrata of the Wind River Eocene beds of Wyoming." Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):183-202
  3. ^ W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
  4. ^ G. F. Gunnell (1998.) "Mammalian Fauna From the Lower Bridger Formation (Bridger A, Early Middle Eocene) of the Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(3):83-130
  5. ^ O. C. Marsh (1871.) "Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West." American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127
  6. ^ C. L. Gazin (1952.) "The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82
  7. ^ J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206
  8. ^ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "A provisional classification of the fresh-water Tertiary of the West." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12:19-75
  9. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  10. ^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
  11. ^ Flynn, John J.; Finarelli, John A.; Spaulding, Michelle (2010). "Phylogeny of the Carnivora and Carnivoramorpha, and the use of the fossil record to enhance understanding of evolutionary transformations". In Goswami, Anjali; Friscia, Anthony (eds.). Carnivoran evolution. New views on phylogeny, form and function. Cambridge University Press. pp. 25–63. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139193436.003. ISBN 9781139193436.
  12. ^ Solé, Floréal; Smith, Richard; Coillot, Tiphaine; de Bast, Eric; Smith, Thierry (2014). "Dental and tarsal anatomy of Miacis latouri and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34....1S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.793195. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86207013.
  13. ^ Solé, Floréal; Smith, Thierry; De Bast, Eric; Codrea, Vlad; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2016). "New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1082480. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E2480S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 87537565.
  14. ^ Tomiya, S.; Zack, S. P.; Spaulding, M.; Flynn, J. J. (2021). "Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (Supplement S82): 1–115. Bibcode:2021JPal...95S...1T. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.74. hdl:2433/274918.
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