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Archaeotherium caninus

Osteichthyes - Entelodontidae

Taxonomy
Choerodon caninus was named by Troxell (1920) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 11665, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is John Day Units G, H, I, and J, which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Archaeotherium caninus by Caroll (1988), Foss and Fremd (1998).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2024-05-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Choerodon caninus Troxell p. 442 figs. 17, 18
1988Archaeotherium caninus Caroll
1998Choerodon caninus Effinger
1998Archaeotherium caninus Foss and Fremd p. 64 fig. 2

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyEntelodontoideaLydekker 1883
familyEntelodontidaeLydekker 1883
genusArchaeotherium
speciescaninus()

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.

†Archaeotherium caninus Troxell 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:31:11
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:31:11
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Effinger 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 31.80000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Oregon) Archaeotherium caninus (17349)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Oregon) Choerodon caninus (type locality: 17537)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Archaeotherium caninus (93079)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Oregon) Archaeotherium caninus (17925)