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Cynelos

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Cynelos Jourdan
1958Absonodaphoenus Olsen
1965Hecubides Savage p. 289
1977Cynelos Hunt, Jr. p. 826
1988Cynelos Carroll
1988Hebucides Carroll
1998Cynelos Hunt, Jr. p. 211
2001Cynelos Sach and Heizmann p. 28
2007Hecubides Morales et al. p. 75
2007Cynelos Morlo et al. p. 149
2010Cynelos Werdelin and Peigne p. 611
2015Cynelos Hunt, Jr. and Stepleton pp. e891229-4
2021Cynelos Morales 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
tribeAmphicyoniniTrouessart 1885
genusCynelosJourdan 1862

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. †Cynelos Jourdan 1862
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†Cynelos caroniavorus White 1942
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Invalid names: Parictis bathygenus White 1947 [synonym]
†Cynelos crassidens Filhol 1874
†Cynelos euryodon Savage 1965
†Cynelos helbingi Dehm 1950
†Cynelos idoneus Matthew 1924
†Cynelos lemanensis Pomel 1846
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Invalid names: Amphicyon acutidens Dehm 1950 [synonym]
†Cynelos malasi Hunt, Jr. and Stepleton 2015
†Cynelos piveteaui Ginsburg 1965
†Cynelos quercensis Ginsburg 1966
†Cynelos rugosidens Schlosser 1899
†Cynelos schlosseri Dehm 1950
†Cynelos sinapius Matthew 1902
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Invalid names: Amphicyon amnicola Matthew and Cook 1909 [synonym]
†Cynelos stenos Hunt, Jr. and Yatkola 2020
Invalid names: Absonodaphoenus Olsen 1958 [synonym], Hecubides Savage 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hunt 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Langhian or 20.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) C. malasi (167825)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (17741 17744 17805)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia Hecubides euryodon (70807)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Hecubides euryodon (21721 77025)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia (Karas) Hecubides euryodon (146601 168035)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda C. sp. (28293)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Oregon) C. sinapius (19028)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Hecubides euryodon (21726 146599) Hecubides euryodon, Hecubides macrodon (21725) Hecubides macrodon (38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France C. helbingi (148399)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. helbingi (49102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) C. helbingi (48069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) C. sp. (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Loiret) C. helbingi (181675)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Hecubides euryodon (28441)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France C. schlosseri, C. helbingi (187579)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (17881 17989)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) C. sp. (167830)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Parictis bathygenus, Daphoenus caroniavorus (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Amphicyon idoneus (18001) Amphicyon sp. (17915) C. sp. (17952 17961)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) C. sp. (17908)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Amphicyon acutidens (68040)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France C. helbingi (142146)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany C. helbingi (70363)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) C. schlosseri (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) C. schlosseri (69116)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) Amphicyon sinapius (19056)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Amphicyon sinapius (19510)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Amphicyon sinapius (18271)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Amphicyon sinapius (17904 17911) C. sp. (17905)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Amphicyon sinapius (19547)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) C. sp. (71444 71453)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France C. helbingi (148395)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Region Centre) C. schlosseri, C. helbingi (35441)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Amphicyon idoneus (66065)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) C. helbingi (142149)