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Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Aelurodon meandrinus was named by Hatcher (1894). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus by Matthew (1902); it was recombined as Dinocyon meandrinus by Matthew (1902); it was recombined as Pliocyon meandrinus by Matthew (1924), Stock and Furlong (1926), Johnston and Christian (1941); it was considered a nomen dubium by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940), McGrew (1944), Webb (1969), Hunt (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Aelurodon meandrinus Hatcher p. 239
1902Aelurodon meandrinus Hay p. 774
1902Dinocyon meandrinus Matthew
1902Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus Matthew p. 289
1924Pliocyon meandrinus Matthew
1926Pliocyon meandrinus Stock and Furlong
1941Pliocyon meandrinus Johnston and Christian

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
genusDinocyon
subgenusBorophagus
speciesmeandrinus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:34:14
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:34:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available