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Carcinodon

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Carcinodon was named by Scott (1892). Its type is Mioclaenus filholianus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyclaenus by Van Valen (1978).

It was assigned to Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); to Oxyclaenidae by Hay (1930); and to Arctocyonidae by Scott (1892), Johnston and Fox (1984), Archibald (1998), Tabuce et al. (2011), Atteberry and Eberle (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Carcinodon Scott
1902Carcinodon Hay p. 762
1930Carcinodon Hay p. 461
1984Carcinodon Johnston and Fox
1998Carcinodon Archibald
2011Carcinodon Tabuce et al. p. 152
2021Carcinodon Atteberry and Eberle

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusCarcinodon

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. †Carcinodon Scott 1892
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†Carcinodon antiquus Simpson 1936
†Carcinodon aquilonius Russell 1974
†Carcinodon olearyi Williamson and Carr 2007
†Carcinodon simplex Williamson and Carr 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) C. aquilonius (14809) C. sp. (14744 14745)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (New Mexico) Chriacus antiquus (14662)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8Canada (Saskatchewan) C. aquilonius (14768)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Canada (Saskatchewan) C. aquilonius (14764)