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Arfia shoshoniensis

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Sinopa shoshoniensis was named by Matthew and Granger (1915).

It was synonymized subjectively with Arfia opisthotoma by Bown (1979); it was recombined as Arfia shoshoniensis by Van Valen (1965), Delson (1971), Gingerich and Deutsch (1989), Polly (1993), Polly (1996), Gunnell (1998), Solé et al. (2014) and Borths et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Sinopa shoshoniensis Matthew and Granger
1965Arfia shoshoniensis Van Valen
1971Arfia shoshoniensis Delson
1989Arfia shoshoniensis Gingerich and Deutsch
1993Arfia shoshoniensis Polly
1996Arfia shoshoniensis Polly
1998Arfia shoshoniensis Gunnell
2014Arfia shoshoniensis Solé et al.
2016Arfia shoshoniensis Borths 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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyArfiinae()
genusArfia
speciesshoshoniensis()

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.

Arfia shoshoniensis Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:48:47
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:48:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Arfia shoshoniensis (15485)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Arfia opisthotoma (15510 15512 15513) Arfia shoshoniensis (15586 15588 15589 15592 15594 15683 15726 15727 15730 15733 15754 15755 15756 15762 15764 15765 15779 15788 15792 15794 15796 15797 15818 15819 15820 15829 15898 46642 46643 46645 46646 46664 46667 46672 46687 46688 46690 46768 46772 46773 46780 46783 46787 46792 46794 46803 46807 46808 46809 46813 46814 46818 46819 46824 46844) Arfia sp. (15793)