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Taxonomy
Theriodictis platensis was named by Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is MLP 10-80, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mar del Plata (Ensenadan), which is in an Ensenadan terrestrial horizon in the Miramar Formation of Argentina.
It was recombined as Macrocyon platensis by Kraglievich (1917); it was recombined as Palaeocyon platensis by Ameghino (1917).
It was recombined as Macrocyon platensis by Kraglievich (1917); it was recombined as Palaeocyon platensis by Ameghino (1917).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Theriodictis platensis Mercerat |
| 1894 | Canis morenoi Lydekker p. 3 |
| 1898 | Dinocynops morenoi Ameghino |
| 1917 | Palaeocyon platensis Ameghino |
| 1917 | Macrocyon morenoi Kraglievich |
| 1917 | Macrocyon platensis Kraglievich |
| 1926 | Palaeocyon troglodytes Revilliod |
| 2008 | Theriodictis platensis Wang et al. |
| 2023 | Theriodictis platensis Prevosti |
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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.
†Theriodictis platensis Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Macrocyon morenoi Lydekker 1894 [synonym], Palaeocyon troglodytes Revilliod 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available