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TYPE SPECIES:
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INCLUDED SPECIES:
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, and
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EMENDED DIAGNOSIS:
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possesses the following derived characters that distinguish it from basal ursoids and musteloids such as
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,
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FD84FEAE44816A2C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Bavarictis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FF79FECD455A6A2C" box="[193,375,340,363]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Pseudobassaris</emphasis>
,
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, and
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: broad and short rostrum, short infraorbital canal, enlarged M1 parastyle, small angle between labial borders of P4 and M1, reduced and lingually positioned M2, reduced m2, and extremely reduced or lost m3. It is primitive compared to
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,
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FFC4FDB844C5697F" box="[124,232,545,568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Paragale</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FF41FDB84559697F" box="[249,372,545,568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Plesiogale</emphasis>
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, and other mustelids in its possession of a carnassial notch on P4 and a shallow suprameatal fossa. In contrast to the North American oligobunines,
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possesses a postprotocrista on the M1, lacks of a lingual notch on the m1 entoconid crest, and has reduced M2 and m2.
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DISTRIBUTION AND AGE: Hsanda Gol Formation, Tsagan Nor Basin, eastern Valley of Lakes, central Mongolian Peoples Republic. Early Oligocene (see more comments in Geology and Age under
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).
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COMMENTS: Ever since its original description,
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has remained something of an enigma in its phylogenetic relationships. Offering no formal classification,
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initially remarked that it has the sharply reduced post­carnassial dentition of [stenoplesictoids] with the short, heavy precarnassial dentition of [cynodontoids]. It is not close to any one genus with which I [
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FECBFB3E45BE6FF9" box="[371,403,1191,1214]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">sic</emphasis>
] have made comparisons and might be regarded as a highly progressive miacid rather than as a member of any of the existing families of fissiped
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FDE2FB6744FD6E74" authorityName="BOWDICH" authorityYear="1821" class="Mammalia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Carnivora</taxonomicName>
. Subsequent classifications also reflect this ambiguity;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FED6FAA046766E17" author="Simpson, G. G." box="[366,603,1337,1360]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="1 - 350" refId="ref34879" refString="Simpson, G. G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 8: 1 - 350." type="journal article" year="1945">Simpson (1945: 110</bibRefCitation>
and 115) listed it under both ?
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FF07FAED454F6ECC" box="[191,354,1396,1419]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">incertae sedis</emphasis>
and ?Stenoplesictinae
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FFC4FA0845076EEF" box="[124,298,1425,1448]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">incertae sedis</emphasis>
, whereas
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FE71FA08449C6E82" author="Piveteau, J." pageId="6" pageNumber="7" refId="ref34404" refString="Piveteau, J. 1961. Traite de paleontologie, Tome VI, Vol. I, L'origine des mammiferes et les aspects fondamentaux de leur evolution. Paris: Brodard-Taupin Imprimeur-Relieur, 1138 pp." type="book" year="1961">Piveteau (1961: 721)</bibRefCitation>
considered it as
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FEC2FA3646366E81" box="[378,539,1455,1478]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">incertae sedis</emphasis>
but compared it to
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FEA6FA5545AA6EA4" box="[286,391,1484,1507]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cynodontidae" genus="Cynodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Characiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FEA6FA5545AA6EA4" box="[286,391,1484,1507]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Cynodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FE75FA5546566EA4" baseAuthorityName="Janovskaja" baseAuthorityYear="1970" box="[461,635,1484,1507]" class="Mammalia" family="Ursidae" genus="Amphicynodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FE75FA5546566EA4" box="[461,635,1484,1507]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicynodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Without suggesting a taxonomic position for the genus,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FEBEF99F45886D5A" author="Bonis, L." box="[262,421,1542,1565]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="117 - 127" refId="ref31018" refString="Bonis, L. d. 1971. Deux nouveaux carnassiers des Phosphorites du Quercy. Annales de Paleontologie 57: 117 - 127." type="journal article" year="1971">Bonis (1971)</bibRefCitation>
commented on its parallel resemblance to
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FE0CF9BD465C6D7C" authorityName="de Bonis" authorityYear="1971" box="[436,625,1572,1595]" class="Mammalia" family="Amphicyonidae" genus="Harpagophagus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FE0CF9BD465C6D7C" box="[436,625,1572,1595]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Harpagophagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a genus based on a single left M1 and thought to be an amphicyonid.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEEEF40FFF4E843FF21F9E54779681A" blockId="6.[124,654,193,1741]" lastBlockId="6.[700,1229,193,1301]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
In the first substantial discussion of
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FDE4F9E544D16DF7" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
since its original description,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FFC4F92F45A06D8A" author="Schmidt-Kittler, N." box="[124,397,1718,1741]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="753 - 801" refId="ref34711" refString="Schmidt-Kittler, N. 1981. Zur Stammesgeschichte der marderverwandten Raubtiergruppen (Musteloidea, Carnivora). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 74: 753 - 801." type="journal article" year="1981">Schmidt­Kittler (1981)</bibRefCitation>
pointed out the fundamentally arctoid basicranium of
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FBD2FF58472D6BB1" authorityName="Matthew and Granger" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Amphicticeps" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FBD2FF58472D6BB1" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and its musteloid­like molar reduction (transversely elongated M1) and short rostrum. However, he did not consider it a musteloid because of its shallow suprameatal fossa, a character especially emphasized in his analysis of musteloid phylogeny. The form of its M1 seemed to him to be another obstacle to recognizing it as a musteloid. Specifically, he regarded the somewhat swollen buccal border and a knoblike (
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FBE2FE7E46C5695C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">höckerartige</emphasis>
) lingual cingulum of the M1 as atypical of a musteloid. He therefore regarded
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FB24FDB8471F6911" authorityName="Matthew and Granger" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Amphicticeps" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FB24FDB8471F6911" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a basal arctoid prior to the emergence of the musteloid clade.
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compared its lingually located M2 with those of
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FCCBFD0E400569E9" box="[883,1064,663,686]" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Potamotherium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FCCBFD0E400569E9" box="[883,1064,663,686]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Potamotherium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but did not draw definite conclusions.
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FB99FD2D40EA698C" author="Hunt, R. M., Jr." box="[1057,1223,692,715]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="485 - 541" refId="ref33023" refString="Hunt, R. M., Jr. 1996 b. Biogeography of the Order Carnivora. In J. L. Gittleman (editor), Carnivore behavior, ecology, &amp; evolution 2: 485 - 541. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press." type="journal article" year="1996">Hunt (1996b</bibRefCitation>
,
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) suggested that
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<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FC75FD48404769AF" box="[973,1130,721,744]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be an amphicynodontid possibly ancestral to the North American
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FC32FC9547DC6864" authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1930" box="[906,1009,780,803]" class="Mammalia" family="Ursidae" genus="Allocyon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FC32FC9547DC6864" box="[906,1009,780,803]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Allocyon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FB8AFC9540E86864" authorityName="Stirton" authorityYear="1960" box="[1074,1221,780,803]" class="Mammalia" family="Ursidae" genus="Kolponomos" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FB8AFC9540E86864" box="[1074,1221,780,803]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Kolponomos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a suggestion that was followed by Wang and Qiu (2003a).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEEEF40FFF4E843FD61FCFD40446E52" blockId="6.[700,1229,193,1301]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Among the small carnivorans from the Hsanda Gol Formation,
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FC5CFC18404C68F2" authority="(Matthew and Granger, 1924)" baseAuthorityName="Matthew and Granger" baseAuthorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Ursidae" genus="Amphicynodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teilhardi">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FC5CFC1846D668F1" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicynodon teilhardi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FCB3FC07407568F2" author="Matthew, W. D. &amp; W. Granger" box="[779,1112,926,949]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="1 - 9" refId="ref33863" refString="Matthew, W. D., and W. Granger. 1924. New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 104: 1 - 9." type="journal article" year="1924">Matthew and Granger, 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, founded on a few jaw fragments (see description below), is the only similar­sized arctoid that may potentially be confused with
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FBE2FC6E46DD6F6C" authorityName="Matthew and Granger" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Amphicticeps" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FBE2FC6E46DD6F6C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(other Hsanda Gol carnivorans, such as
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FD04FBA847716F0F" authorityName="Filhol" authorityYear="1880" box="[700,860,1073,1096]" class="Mammalia" family="Viverridae" genus="Stenoplesictis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FD04FBA847716F0F" box="[700,860,1073,1096]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Stenoplesictis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FCCBFBA847DA6F0F" authorityName="von Meyer" authorityYear="1846" box="[883,1015,1073,1096]" class="Mammalia" family="Odobenidae" genus="Palaeogale" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FCCBFBA847DA6F0F" box="[883,1015,1073,1096]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Palaeogale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FBFEFBA840EB6F0F" authorityName="Marsh" authorityYear="1872" box="[1094,1222,1073,1096]" class="Mammalia" family="Viverravidae" genus="Viverravus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FBFEFBA840EB6F0F" box="[1094,1222,1073,1096]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Viverravus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, are easily distinguished on the basis of their far more trenchant carnassials that are typical of feliforms;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC092B1FFF4E843FCE4FB1047DB6FE7" author="Hunt, R. M., Jr." box="[860,1014,1161,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="1 - 65" refId="ref33139" refString="Hunt, R. M., Jr. 1998 b. Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: diversity of the earlier aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids. American Museum Novitates 3252: 1 - 65." type="journal article" year="1998">Hunt, 1998b</bibRefCitation>
). With the benefit of the more complete materials for both
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FB24FB3E471F6F9C" authorityName="Matthew and Granger" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Amphicticeps" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FB24FB3E471F6F9C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5194C3FFF4E843FC3EFB5D40196F9C" baseAuthorityName="Janovskaja" baseAuthorityYear="1970" box="[902,1076,1220,1243]" class="Mammalia" family="Ursidae" genus="Amphicynodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9253352FFF4E843FC3EFB5D40196F9C" box="[902,1076,1220,1243]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Amphicynodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, these two primitive Shand Gol arctoids are contrasted in table 1 to facilitate identification.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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