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Taxonomy
Pseudocynodictis pavidus was named by Stock (1933). Its type specimen is LACM 466, a partial skull (anterior half of skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kew Quarry, which is in a Whitneyan/Arikareean terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Sespe Formation of California.
It was recombined as Nothocyon pavidus by Lander (1983); it was recombined as Cormocyon pavidus by Wang and Tedford (1992), Wang and Fremd (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996); it was recombined as Hesperocyon pavidus by Wang (1994); it was recombined as Archaeocyon pavidus by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Nothocyon pavidus by Lander (1983); it was recombined as Cormocyon pavidus by Wang and Tedford (1992), Wang and Fremd (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996); it was recombined as Hesperocyon pavidus by Wang (1994); it was recombined as Archaeocyon pavidus by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Pseudocynodictis pavidus Stock |
| 1983 | Nothocyon pavidus Lander |
| 1992 | Cormocyon pavidus Wang and Tedford p. 225 |
| 1994 | Hesperocyon pavidus Wang p. 34 |
| 1994 | Cormocyon pavidus Wang and Fremd |
| 1996 | Cormocyon pavidus Wang and Tedford |
| 1999 | Archaeocyon pavidus Wang et al. |
| 2008 | Archaeocyon pavidus Wang 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.
†Archaeocyon pavidus Stock 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitneyan | USA (Oregon) | Archaeocyon pavidus (17349) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Archaeocyon pavidus (17380) Hesperocyon pavidus (17317 17356) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (Nebraska) | Cormocyon pavidus (17374) Hesperocyon pavidus (17305 17325) | |
| Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean | USA (California) | Nothocyon pavidus (type locality: 17527) | |
| Geringian | USA (South Dakota) | Archaeocyon pavidus (17663) |