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Sinonyx
Taxonomy
Sinonyx was named by Zhou et al. (1995). Its type is Sinonyx jiashanensis.
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Zhou et al. (1995); and to Mesonychidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Gingerich (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001).
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Zhou et al. (1995); and to Mesonychidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Gingerich (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001).
Species
S. jiashanensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Sinonyx Zhou et al. p. 388 |
| 1997 | Sinonyx McKenna and Bell p. 367 |
| 1998 | Sinonyx Gingerich p. 427 figs. FIgure 1 |
| 2001 | Sinonyx Thewissen et al. p. suppl. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 59.24000 to 56.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tiffanian | USA (Colorado) | S. sp. (174227) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Anhui) | S. jiashanensis (86277) |