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Archaeocyon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Archaeocyon Wang et al. p. 23
2008Archaeocyon Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
genusArchaeocyon

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. †Archaeocyon Wang et al. 1999
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†Archaeocyon falkenbachi Wang et al. 1999
†Archaeocyon leptodus Schlaikjer 1935
†Archaeocyon pavidus Stock 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Geringian or 33.30000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Wyoming) A. leptodus (17335)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) A. leptodus (17377) Cormocyon pavidus (17374) Hesperocyon pavidus (17305 17325)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Oregon) A. pavidus (17349)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) A. pavidus (17380) Hesperocyon pavidus (17317 17356)
Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean33.3 - 18.5USA (California) Nothocyon pavidus (17527)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) A. leptodus (17651) A. pavidus (17663) Hesperocyon leptodus (17629 17635) Nothocyon geismarianus (17607 17627 17630 17636 17637) Nothocyon lemur (17633 17634 17644 17654)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) A. leptodus (17605)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Nothocyon geismarianus (17479)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (North Dakota) A. leptodus (17724)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) A. falkenbachi, A. leptodus (17472) A. leptodus (17524 17532 17727) Nothocyon leptodus (17574)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) A. leptodus (17465 17568 17598 17602 17729)