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Taxonomy
Tomarctus was named by Cope (1873).
It was assigned to Caninae by Hay (1902); to Canidae by Cope (1873), Gazin and Collins (1950) and Carroll (1988); to Aelurodontina by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008); and to Borophaginae by Smith et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Caninae by Hay (1902); to Canidae by Cope (1873), Gazin and Collins (1950) and Carroll (1988); to Aelurodontina by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008); and to Borophaginae by Smith et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1873 | Tomarctus Cope |
1902 | Tomarctus Hay p. 775 |
1950 | Tomarctus Gazin and Collins p. 5 |
1988 | Tomarctus Carroll |
1999 | Tomarctus Wang et al. p. 157 |
2008 | Tomarctus Wang et al. |
2016 | Tomarctus Smith et al. |
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G. †Tomarctus Cope 1873
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†Tomarctus brevirostris Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Aelurodon francisi Hay 1924 [synonym], Aelurodon simulans Hay 1924 [synonym]
†Tomarctus hippophaga Matthew and Cook 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available