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Archaeocyon falkenbachi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Archaeocyon falkenbachi was named by Wang et al. (1999). It is not extant. Its type specimen is F:AM 49029, a partial skull. Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Archaeocyon falkenbachi Wang et al.
2008Archaeocyon falkenbachi Wang 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
genusArchaeocyon
speciesfalkenbachi

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.

†Archaeocyon falkenbachi Wang et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available