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Chlorocyon phantasma

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Chlorocyon phantasma was named by Engelman et al. (2018). Its type specimen is SGOPV 6200, a mandible (associated left and right dentaries preserving fragments of the symphyseal region, the left and right lower canines and roots of right p1–3, along with natural ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Helados, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Abanico Formation of Chile. It is the type species of Chlorocyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Chlorocyon phantasma Engelman et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
genusChlorocyon
speciesphantasma

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.

Chlorocyon phantasma Engelman et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Chile (Maule) Chlorocyon phantasma (type locality: 211783)