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Brachypsalis hyaenoides

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Aelurodon hyaenoides was named by Cope (1881). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Republican River, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

It was recombined as Brachypsalis hyaenoides by Cope and Matthew (1915), Matthew (1918), VanderHoof and Gregory (1940), Green (1948) and Baskin (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Aelurodon hyaenoides Cope p. 388
1890Aelurodon hyaenoides Scott and Osborn p. 66
1902Aelurodon hyaenoides Hay p. 774
1915Brachypsalis hyaenoides Cope and Matthew pp. Plate CXIXa
1918Brachypsalis hyaenoides Matthew
1940Brachypsalis hyaenoides VanderHoof and Gregory
1948Brachypsalis hyaenoides Green
1998Brachypsalis hyaenoides Baskin

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyOligobuninae
genusBrachypsalis
specieshyaenoides()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis hyaenoides (type locality: 18341)