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Carcinodon olearyi

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Discussion

The type and many of the referred specimens were earlier incorrectly referred to Oxyclaenus cuspidatus by Matthew (1897) and several following workers (e.g., Matthew, 1937; Kondrashov and Lucas, 2004).

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Taxonomy
Carcinodon olearyi was named by Williamson and Carr (2007). Its type specimen is AMNH 799, a maxilla (left partial maxilla with M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Carcinodon olearyi Williamson and Carr p. 979 fig. 8

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusCarcinodon
speciesolearyiWilliamson and Carr 2007

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.

†Carcinodon olearyi Williamson and Carr 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available