Mellivora benfieldi

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Mellivora benfieldi Hendey, 1978: 343

Type locality: "Varswater Formation, 'E' Quarry', Langebaanweg"; South Africa.

Holotype: L42838

Eponymy: Graham Benfield, "formerly geologist and mine superintendent at the Chemfos Ltd mine at Langebaanweg" [Hendey, 1978: 344]

Hendey, Q.B. 1978. Late Tertiary Mustelidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Langebaanweg, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 76(10): 329–357. BHL Reference page.