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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8636710https://www.gbif.org/species/8636710
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)247981https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=247981
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Borhyaenidae : Fredszalaya : Fredszalaya hunteri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Borhyaenidae : Fredszalaya : Fredszalaya hunteri
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
genusFredszalayaShockey and Anaya 2008
speciesFredszalaya hunteriShockey & Anaya 2008
Generic NameFredszalaya
Scientific NameFredszalaya hunteri Shockey & Anaya, 2008
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Fredszalaya hunterispeciesbelongs to Fredszalayastated with evidenceShockey and Anaya, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sparassodonta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Sparassodonta)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. J. Shockey and F. Anaya. 2008. Postcranial osteology of mammals from Salla, Bolivia (Late Oligocene): form, function, and phylogenetic implications. In E. J. Sargis, M. Dagosto (eds.), Mammalian evolutionary morphology: a tribute to Frederick S. Szalay

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2008Fredszalaya hunteri Shockey and Anaya p. 138 figs. 7.1 and 7.2

References

Shockey B. J., Anaya F. (2008) Postcranial osteology of mammals from Salla, Bolivia (Late Oligocene): form, function, and phylogenetic implications, Mammalian evolutionary morphology: a tribute to Frederick S. Szalay, 135-157
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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