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Taxonomy
Prohesperocyon was named by Wang (1994). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Canidae by Wang (1994), Munthe (1998); to Miacidae by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Canidae by Wang (1994), Munthe (1998); to Miacidae by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Polly et al. (2006); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Prohesperocyon Wang p. 18 |
| 1998 | Prohesperocyon Munthe |
| 2005 | Prohesperocyon Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842 |
| 2006 | Prohesperocyon Polly et al. p. 1023 |
| 2008 | Prohesperocyon Wang 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: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Texas) | Hesperocyon wilsoni (16888) |