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Alopecocyon

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Alopecocyon was named by Camp and Vanderhoof (1940) [type a French species]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Canidae by Webb (1969); to Ursidae by Camp and Vanderhoof (1940), Carroll (1988); and to Simocyoninae by Baskin (1998).

Species
A. goeriachensis, A. leardi
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. getti, A. leptorhynchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Alopecocyon Camp and Vanderhoof
1969Alopecocyon Webb
1988Alopecocyon Carroll
1998Alopecocyon Baskin p. 149

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
subfamilySimocyoninae
genusAlopecocyonCamp and Vanderhoof 1940

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. †Alopecocyon Camp and Vanderhoof 1940
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†Alopecocyon leardi Stock 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the MN 9 or 27.30000 to 9.67000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Baluchistan) A. sp. (179812)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) A. sp. (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France A. getti (200296)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) A. goeriachensis (42588)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) A. goeriachensis (32191)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) A. leptorhynchus (69711)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Actiocyon leardi (19515)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) A. sp. (75481)