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Theriodictis platensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Theriodictis platensis was named by Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is MLP 10-80, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mar del Plata (Ensenadan), which is in an Ensenadan terrestrial horizon in the Miramar Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Macrocyon platensis by Kraglievich (1917); it was recombined as Palaeocyon platensis by Ameghino (1917).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Theriodictis platensis Mercerat
1894Canis morenoi Lydekker p. 3
1898Dinocynops morenoi Ameghino
1917Palaeocyon platensis Ameghino
1917Macrocyon morenoi Kraglievich
1917Macrocyon platensis Kraglievich
1926Palaeocyon troglodytes Revilliod
2008Theriodictis platensis Wang et al.
2023Theriodictis platensis Prevosti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusTheriodictisMercerat 1891
speciesplatensisMercerat 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.

†Theriodictis platensis Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Macrocyon morenoi Lydekker 1894 [synonym], Palaeocyon troglodytes Revilliod 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ensenadan or 1.75000 to 0.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina Theriodictis platensis (213464 231060)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Theriodictis platensis (type locality: 147999 212780 231061)