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Acrocyon
Taxonomy
Acrocyon was named by Ameghino (1887). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Borhyaenidae by Ameghino (1894), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Borhyaeninae by Goin et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Borhyaenidae by Ameghino (1894), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Borhyaeninae by Goin et al. (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1887 | Acrocyon Ameghino p. 8 |
| 1894 | Acrocyon Ameghino p. 121 |
| 1997 | Acrocyon McKenna and Bell |
| 2007 | Acrocyon Goin et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Goin 1997, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Santacrucian or 21.00000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Borhyaena riggsi (176461) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. riggsi (141368 176459) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. sectorius (176580 176581 176593 176594) |