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Miacis
Taxonomy
Miacis was named by Cope (1872). It was considered polyphyletic by Tomiya (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpavus by Wortman and Matthew (1899) and Wortman (1901).
It was assigned to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); to Carnivoramorpha by Tomiya (2011); to Carnivoraformes by Solé et al. (2014); and to Miacidae by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Scott (1892), Matthew (1909), Matthew (1937), Flynn (1998), Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005), Heinrich et al. (2008), Friscia and Rasmussen (2010), Rose et al. (2012) and Dawson and Constenius (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpavus by Wortman and Matthew (1899) and Wortman (1901).
It was assigned to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); to Carnivoramorpha by Tomiya (2011); to Carnivoraformes by Solé et al. (2014); and to Miacidae by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Scott (1892), Matthew (1909), Matthew (1937), Flynn (1998), Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005), Heinrich et al. (2008), Friscia and Rasmussen (2010), Rose et al. (2012) and Dawson and Constenius (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Miacis Cope p. 2 |
| 1872 | Harpalodon Marsh |
| 1880 | Miacis Cope |
| 1892 | Miacis Scott p. 320 |
| 1899 | Prodaphaenus Matthew |
| 1899 | Prodaphaenus Wortman and Matthew p. 114 |
| 1902 | Prodaphaenus Hay p. 760 |
| 1902 | Harpalodon Hay p. 761 |
| 1909 | Miacis Matthew |
| 1919 | Prodaphaenus Peterson p. 50 |
| 1937 | Miacis Matthew |
| 1982 | Miacis Flynn and Galiano p. 50 |
| 1986 | Miacis Hooker p. 336 |
| 1998 | Miacis Flynn |
| 1998 | Prodaphaenus Flynn |
| 2005 | Miacis Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842 |
| 2006 | Miacis Polly et al. p. 1023 |
| 2008 | Miacis Heinrich et al. |
| 2010 | Miacis Friscia and Rasmussen p. 59 |
| 2011 | Miacis Tomiya p. 16 |
| 2012 | Miacis Rose et al. |
| 2014 | Miacis Solé et al. |
| 2018 | Miacis Dawson and Constenius p. 49 |
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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.
G. †Miacis Cope 1872
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†Miacis bathygnathus Scott 1888
†Miacis boqinghensis Huang et al. 1999
†Miacis deutschi Gingerich 1983
†Miacis edax Leidy 1872
†Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915
†Miacis gracilis Clark 1939
†Miacis hookwayi Stock 1934
†Miacis invictus Matthew and Granger 1925
†Miacis latidens Matthew and Granger 1915
†Miacis lushiensis Chow 1975
†Miacis parvivorus Cope 1872
†Miacis petilus Gingerich 1983
†Miacis rundlei Hooker 2010
†Miacis vorax Leidy 1872
†Miacis vulpinus Scott and Osborn 1887
Invalid names: Harpalodon Marsh 1872 [synonym], Prodaphaenus Wortman and Matthew 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available