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Hyaenodon crucians

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenodon crucians was named by Leidy (1853).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. aymardi, H. compressus, H. requieni, H. matthewsi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Hyaenodon crucians Leidy p. 393
1857Hyaenodon crucians Leidy p. 90
1892Hyaenodon crucians Scott p. 317
1894Hyaenodon paucidens Osborn and Wortman
1902Hyaenodon minutus Douglass p. 255
1902Hyaenodon crucians Hay p. 758
1902Hyaenodon paucidens Hay p. 759
1903Pseudopterodon minutus Matthew p. 208 fig. 6
1908Hyaenodon crucians Lambe
1922Hyaenodon crucians Thorpe
1922Hyaenodon minutus Thorpe
1922Hyaenodon paucidens Thorpe
1933Hyaenodon minutus Stock
1996Hyaenodon crucians Polly

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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()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyHyaenodontinaeTrouessart 1885
genusHyaenodonLaizer and Parieu 1838
speciescrucians

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.

†Hyaenodon crucians Leidy 1853
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Invalid names: Hyaenodon minutus Douglass 1902 [synonym], Hyaenodon paucidens Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:30:16
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:30:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Orellan or 37.20000 to 33.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Hyaenodon crucians (16835)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Texas) Hyaenodon crucians (16887)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Hyaenodon crucians (16942 16943 16962)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hyaenodon minutus (16988)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Hyaenodon crucians (16918 16930)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Hyaenodon crucians (17081)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Hyaenodon crucians (17098 17164)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Hyaenodon crucians (17104 17105 17106)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Hyaenodon crucians (17133 17153 17295 17296)