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Lambertocyon

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Lambertocyon was named by Gingerich (1979). It is not extant. Its type is Lambertocyon eximius.

It was assigned to Arctocyonidae by Gingerich (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Archibald (1998) and Halliday et al. (2017).

Species
L. eximius (type species), L. gingerichi, L. ischyrus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Lambertocyon Gingerich
1997Lambertocyon McKenna and Bell
1998Lambertocyon Archibald
2017Lambertocyon Halliday et al. p. 525

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
genusLambertocyon

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. †Lambertocyon Gingerich 1979
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†Lambertocyon eximius Gingerich 1979
†Lambertocyon gingerichi Gunnell 1994
†Lambertocyon ischyrus Gingerich 1978
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Arctocyonidae indet. (14956 14970)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (California) L. gingerichi (154724)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) L. eximius (14974 14979 14980 14985 14987 190410) L. gingerichi (14936) L. sp. (15059 190408 190436) Mimotricentes sp. (15036)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Mimotricentes sp. (15018 15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) L. ischyrus (15232 15245 15252 15253 15254 15257)