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Aelurodon
Taxonomy
Aelurodon was named by Leidy (1858).
It was considered a nomen dubium by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940).
It was assigned to Caninae by Hay (1902); to Canidae by Leidy (1858), Baskin (1980), Evander (1986), Carroll (1988); and to Aelurodontina by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2004), Wang et al. (2008), May (2019), Eshelman et al. (2026).
It was considered a nomen dubium by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940).
It was assigned to Caninae by Hay (1902); to Canidae by Leidy (1858), Baskin (1980), Evander (1986), Carroll (1988); and to Aelurodontina by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2004), Wang et al. (2008), May (2019), Eshelman et al. (2026).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Lloyd on 2021-02-11
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Aelurodon Leidy |
| 1890 | Prohyaena Schlosser |
| 1902 | Aelurodon Hay p. 773 |
| 1969 | Strobodon Webb |
| 1980 | Aelurodon Baskin |
| 1986 | Aelurodon Evander |
| 1988 | Aelurodon Carroll |
| 1999 | Aelurodon Wang et al. p. 170 |
| 2004 | Aelurodon Wang et al. p. 445 |
| 2008 | Aelurodon Wang et al. |
| 2019 | Aelurodon May |
| 2026 | Aelurodon Eshelman et al. p. 145 |
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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.
G. †Aelurodon Leidy 1858
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†Aelurodon asthenostylus Wang et al. 1999
†Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Aelurodon platyrhinus Barbour and Cook 1917 [synonym], Canis wheelerianus Cope 1877 [synonym], Tephrocyon marshi Thorpe 1922 [synonym]
†Aelurodon mcgrewi Wang et al. 1999
†Aelurodon montanensis Wang et al. 2004
†Aelurodon stirtoni Wang et al. 1999
†Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
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Invalid names: Euoplocyon magnus Matthew 1924 [synonym], Tomarctus propter Cook and Macdonald 1962 [synonym]
Invalid names: Prohyaena Schlosser 1890 [synonym], Strobodon Webb 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Miocene or 18.50000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (158 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | USA (Nebraska) | A. taxoides (18213) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | A. asthenostylus (17908) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | A. asthenostylus (17998) | |
| Barstovian | USA (New Mexico) | A. ferox (19320 19519) A. ferox, A. stirtoni (19520) A. sp. (19287) Canis wheelerianus, Strobodon sp. (19535) | |
| Barstovian | USA (California) | A. asthenostylus (19364 19366 19422 19457 19458 19463 19548 214888) A. sp. (19460 19542) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (19088) A. wheelerianus (19097) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Colorado) | A. asthenostylus (18203) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | A. sp. (18138) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | A. ferox (18031 18068 18109 18120 18162 18164 18167 18188 18192 18206 18209 18248 18266 18275 18281 18357 18361 18399 18405 18411 18461 18464) A. ferox, Strobodon sp. (18442) A. mcgrewi (18058 18125 18153 18345 18363 18402 18412) A. platyrhinus (18443) A. sp. (18027 18051 18121 18123 18124 18141 18199 18332 18353) A. stirtoni (18119) A. taxoides (18032) A. wheelerianus (18090 18261 18284 18341) Tephrocyon marshi (18271) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Texas) | A. francisi (18628 18637) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Montana) | A. montanensis (62876) A. wheelerianus (18803) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | A. wheelerianus (17983) | |
| Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | A. ferox (18270 18282 18422 190543) A. stirtoni, A. taxoides (18077) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | A. ferox (18075 18152 18242 18260 18267 18466) A. ferox, A. stirtoni (18176 18217) A. sp. (188779) A. stirtoni (18408) A. taxoides (18022 18042 18057 18092 18095 18118 18151 18171 18190 18214 18218 18222 18227 18230 18245 18278 18279 18288 18299 18301 18333 18336 18348 18378 18409 18446 18457 18458 18459 18468 18494 18496) Carnivora indet. (18321) Strobodon stirtoni (18159 18414) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | A. taxoides (18071) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (18096) A. taxoides (18074 18091 18149 18179 18244 18283 18355 18623) A. taxoides, A. sp. (18610) Canidae indet. (18640) Carnivora indet. (18645) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (182562) A. taxoides (18845) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | A. taxoides (19185 19391) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. taxoides (18463) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (South Dakota) | A. taxoides (18063 18200 18268) | |
| Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | A. taxoides (18262) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (New Mexico) | A. sp. (19528) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | A. taxoides (18358) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (18180 18295) A. taxoides (18134 18174 18256) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (South Dakota) | A. taxoides (18087 18352) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | USA (Florida) | A. taxoides (18501) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (California) | A. sp. (163573) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | A. taxoides (18323) |