Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Dawsonicyon isami

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Dawsonicyon isami was named by Spaulding et al. (2010). Its type specimen is DMNH 19585, a partial skeleton (partial skull, mandibles, and partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bill’s Smilodectes BLM locality, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial mudstone in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Dawsonicyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Dawsonicyon isami Spaulding et al. p. 817

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
genusDawsonicyon
speciesisami

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.

Dawsonicyon isami Spaulding et al. 2010
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-06-29 22:31:08
Modified: 2012-06-29 07:31:08
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Spaulding et al. 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Dawsonicyon isami (type locality: 129895)