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Agriotherium schneideri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Agriotherium schneideri was named by Sellards (1916) [also said to be 1910]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is FGS 6856. Its type locality is American Cyanimid Company, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Huracan schneideri by Jiangzuo et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Agriotherium schneideri Sellards p. 98
1986Agriotherium coffeyi Dalquest p. 625 figs. Figure 1
1989Agriotherium coffeyorum Dalquest and Patrick p. 85 figs. Table 3
2009Agriotherium schneideri Samuels et al. p. 599
2023Huracan schneideri Jiangzuo et al. p. 8 figs. Fig. 5
2023Huracan coffeyi Jiangzuo et al. p. 11 figs. Fig. 6-7

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAiluropodinae
tribeAgriotheriini
genusAgriotheriumWagner 1837
speciesschneideri

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.

Agriotherium schneideri Sellards 1916
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Invalid names: Agriotherium coffeyi Dalquest 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Dalquest 1986 (Agriotherium coffeyi)Simiilar to Agriotherium schneideri but lower P3 a two-rooted tooth rather than absent.
Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023 (Huracan coffeyi)Differs from H. schneideri in having slightly larger dental size; narrower M2 with proportionally longer talon; p4 with less distinct anterior accessory cusp and weaker medial ridge; m1 with stronger mesoconid and larger posterior entoconid; m2 with stronger metaconid and better subdivided entoconid. Differs from Huracan qiui in having more reduced P4 anterior hypocone, shorter M1 and M2.
Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023Differs from Huracan coffeyi in H. schneideri by having smaller size, wider M2 with proportionally shorter talon, p4 with weaker anterior accessory cusp and stronger medial ridge, m1 with weaker mesoconid and smaller posterior entoconid, m2 with weaker and more posteriorly located metaconid and poorly subdivided entoconid; differs from Huracan qiui in H. schneideri by having distinctly shorter M1 and M2.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:35:30
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:35:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Blancan or 9.40000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Agriotherium schneideri (type locality: 18505)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Guanajuato) Agriotherium schneideri (18718)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Jalisco) Agriotherium schneideri (18745 189788 189790)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Agriotherium schneideri (210284)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Texas) Agriotherium coffeyi (18097)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Hidalgo) Agriotherium schneideri (212307) Agriotherium sp. (18746)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oklahoma) Agriotherium sp. (18304)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Chihuahua) Agriotherium schneideri (18734 18755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Guanajuato) Agriotherium schneideri (18713 18737 18740)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Idaho) Agriotherium schneideri (93106)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Hidalgo) Agriotherium schneideri (20079)