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Ysengrinia

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Ysengrinia was named by Ginsburg (1965) [type European Y. gerandiana]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998); to Amphicyonidae by Ginsburg (1965), Carroll (1988), Hunt (2002), Morales et al. (2008), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Thaumastocyoninae by Morales et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Ysengrinia Ginsburg
1988Ysengrinia Carroll
1998Ysengrinia Hunt, Jr. p. 209
2002Ysengrinia Hunt, Jr. p. 11
2008Ysengrinia Morales et al.
2010Ysengrinia Werdelin and Peigne p. 612
2021Ysengrinia Morales et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
subfamilyAmphicyonidae
subfamilyThaumastocyoninaeHurzeller 1940
genusYsengriniaGinsburg 1965

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. †Ysengrinia Ginsburg 1965
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Ysengrinia americana Wortman 1901
Ysengrinia depereti Mayet 1908
Ysengrinia gerandiana Viret 1929
Ysengrinia tolosana Noulet 1876
Ysengrinia valentiana Belinchon and Morales 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hunt 1998

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 20.45000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Canidae indet. (17857) Y. americana (17809 28043) Y. sp. (17741 17744 17789 17805)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Amphicyonidae indet. (17796) Y. sp. (17850)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Namibia (Karas) Y. sp. (146601 168036)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Namibia Y. sp. (70807)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) Y. gerandiana (35750)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Loiret) Y. depereti (181642)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (New Mexico) Y. sp. (19388)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Alsac) Y. depereti (69106)