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Chriacus truncatus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Chriacus truncatus was named by Cope (1884).

It was recombined as Tricentes truncatus by Van Valen and Sloan (1965), Schiebout (1974); it was synonymized subjectively with Chriacus baldwini by Van Valen (1978), Tsentas (1981), Williamson and Lucas (1993), Williamson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Chriacus truncatus Cope p. 313
1892Chriacus truncatus Scott p. 295
1897Chriacus truncatus Matthew p. 275
1902Chriacus truncatus Hay p. 745
1930Chriacus truncatus Hay p. 461
1965Tricentes truncatus Van Valen and Sloan
1969Chriacus truncatus Gazin p. 8
1974Tricentes truncatus Schiebout
1986Chriacus truncatus Robison
1996Chriacus truncatus Rose p. 1707

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusChriacusCope 1883
speciestruncatus

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.

Chriacus truncatus Cope 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellings
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: has "derived characters associated with cursorial locomotion" and not scansorials
Created: 2011-04-25 09:44:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:44:39
Source: s = species, g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Rose 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available