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Uintacyon
Taxonomy
Uintacyon was named by Leidy (1873) [also said to be 1871 and 1872]. Its type is Uintacyon edax. It is the type genus of Uintacyonidae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Miacis by Scott (1892).
It was assigned to Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Carnivora by Leidy (1873), Silcox et al. (2010); to Miacidae by Flynn (1998), Friscia and Rasmussen (2010), Rose et al. (2012); and to Carnivoraformes by Solé (2014), Solé et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Miacis by Scott (1892).
It was assigned to Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Carnivora by Leidy (1873), Silcox et al. (2010); to Miacidae by Flynn (1998), Friscia and Rasmussen (2010), Rose et al. (2012); and to Carnivoraformes by Solé (2014), Solé et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1873 | Uintacyon Leidy p. 118 |
| 1902 | Uintacyon Hay p. 759 |
| 1982 | Uintacyon Flynn and Galiano p. 50 |
| 1986 | Uintacyon Hooker p. 336 |
| 1998 | Uintacyon Flynn |
| 2010 | Uintacyon Friscia and Rasmussen p. 60 |
| 2010 | Uintacyon Silcox et al. |
| 2012 | Uintacyon Rose et al. |
| 2014 | Uintacyon Solé |
| 2016 | Uintacyon Solé et al. |
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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.
G. †Uintacyon Leidy 1873
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†Uintacyon acutus Thorpe 1923
†Uintacyon asodes Gazin 1952
†Uintacyon gingerichi Heinrich et al. 2008
†Uintacyon hookeri Solé 2014
†Uintacyon jugulans Matthew 1909
†Uintacyon massetericus Cope 1882
†Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Uintan or 55.80000 to 39.70000 Ma
Collections (79 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | U. rudis (80579) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | U. rudis (15084 15085 15102 15106 15107 15114 15156 15163 15186 15191 15198 15207 239208) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | U. rudis (38868) | |
| Ypresian | France (Marne) | U. hookeri (35533 35535 35540) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | U. asodes (15327) U. massetericus (15286 15350) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | U. asodes (15538 15542 15548 15551 15553 15554 15555 15556 15557 15558 15559 15560 15564 15565 15576 15662 15710) U. massetericus (15491 15493 15507 15510 15512 15514 15515 15520 15522 15729 15756) U. rudis (15573 15586 15587 15589 15590 15694 46648 46657 46690 46692 46780 46843) U. sp., U. massetericus (15964) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | U. massetericus (15441) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Mississippi) | U. sp. (15719) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | U. gingerichi (154254 154255 154259 154260 154262 154271 154276) | |
| MP 8 + 9 | France (Picardie) | U. hookeri (84997) | |
| MP 8 + 9 | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) | U. hookeri (179143) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | U. jugulans (16235 223461 223477) U. sp. (15837) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | U. asodes (16240) | |
| Uintan | USA (Utah) | U. acutus (16606) |