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Simocyon primigenius

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Simocyon primigenius was named by Wagner (1858) [raised to species level; named as "Canis lupus primigenius" by Roth and Wagner 1854].

Synonyms
  • Pliocyon marshi was named by Thorpe (1921) [supposed "genotype"; Pliocyon was preoccupied]. Its type specimen is YPM 10043, a mandible (right lower jaw and foot bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rattlesnake, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial siltstone in the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Araeocyon.

    It was recombined as Araeocyon marshi by Thorpe (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Simocyon primigenius by Wang (1997); it was recombined as Simocyon marshi by Pilgrim (1931), Tedford et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Tedrow et al. (1999).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Simocyon primigenius Wagner
1921Pliocyon marshi Thorpe
1922Araeocyon marshi Thorpe
1931Simocyon marshi Pilgrim
1987Simocyon marshi Tedford et al.
1988Simocyon marshi Carroll
1999Simocyon marshi Tedrow 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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
genusSimocyonWagner 1858
speciesprimigeniusWagner 1858

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.

†Simocyon primigenius Wagner 1858
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Invalid names: Pliocyon marshi Thorpe 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available