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Canis (Epicyon)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis (Epicyon) was named by Leidy (1858) [named as subgenus of Canis by Leidy 1858; mentioned as belonging to Aelurodon by Matthew & Stirton 1930a; apparently no later author discussed the subgenus until Baskin raised it to genus level].

It was synonymized subjectively with Aelurodon by Scott and Osborn (1890); it was reranked as Epicyon by Baskin (1980), Carroll (1988), Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2004), Hulbert and Whitmore (2006) and Wang et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Canis by Leidy (1858); to Canidae by Baskin (1980) and Carroll (1988); to Borophaginae by Hulbert and Whitmore (2006); and to Borophagina by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2004) and Wang et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Canis (Epicyon) Leidy p. 21
1980Epicyon Baskin
1988Epicyon Carroll
1999Epicyon Wang et al. p. 233
2004Epicyon Wang et al. p. 451
2006Epicyon Hulbert and Whitmore p. 5
2008Epicyon Wang 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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
subgenusEpicyon

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.

Subg. †Canis (Epicyon) Leidy 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available