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Arctocyonides

Osteichthyes - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Arctocyonides was named by Lemoine (1891). It is not extant. Its type is Arctocyonides trouessarti.

It was assigned to Oxyclaenidae by Simpson (1928); and to Arctocyonidae by Lemoine (1891), McKenna and Bell (1997), Hooker and Millbank (2001).

Species
A. arenae, A. jefferyi, A. trouessarti (type species), A. weigelti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Arctocyonides Lemoine
1928Arctocyonides Simpson p. 11
1997Arctocyonides McKenna and Bell
2001Arctocyonides Hooker and Millbank

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusArctocyonidesLemoine 1891

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. †Arctocyonides Lemoine 1891
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†Arctocyonides arenae Russell 1964
†Arctocyonides jefferyi Hooker 2010
†Arctocyonides trouessarti Lemoine 1891
†Arctocyonides weigelti Russell 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Ypresian or 61.66000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) A. weigelti (74643)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Belgium A. weigelti (68432)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) A. arenae (68428) A. trouessarti, A. arenae (137125)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0United Kingdom (England) A. arenae (68433)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) A. jefferyi (38868)