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Tapocyon

Mammalia

Taxonomy

Tapocyon was named by Stock (1934). It is not extant. Its type is Tapocyon occidentalis.

It was assigned to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982) and Wesley and Flynn (2003); to Miacidae by Stock (1934), Flynn (1998) and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); and to Carnivoramorpha by Tomiya (2011).

Species

T. dawsonae, T. robustus (syn. T. occidentalis)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1934	Tapocyon Stock
1982	Tapocyon Flynn and Galiano p. 50
1986	Tapocyon Hooker p. 336
1998	Tapocyon Flynn
2003	Tapocyon Wesley and Flynn
2005	Tapocyon Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842
2006	Tapocyon Polly et al. p. 1023
2011	Tapocyon Tomiya p. 16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
genus	Tapocyon

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. †Tapocyon Stock 1934

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†Tapocyon dawsonae Wesley and Flynn 2003

†Tapocyon robustus Peterson 1919

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Invalid names: Tapocyon occidentalis Stock 1934 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

insectivoresubc

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-06 20:43:42

Modified:

2005-09-06 22:44:32

Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Montana)	T. robustus (16584)
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Utah)	T. robustus (109205)
Late/Upper Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	T. occidentalis (16585)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Utah)	Uintacyon robustus (16607)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	Carnivora indet. (16791) T. occidentalis (16786) T. sp. (16615)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	T. robustus (16513 16517 16518)