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Chriacus pelvidens

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Lipodectes pelvidens was named by Cope (1881). It is the type species of Chriacus.

It was recombined as Pelycodus pelvidens by Cope (1882); it was recombined as Chriacus pelvidens by Cope (1883), Scott (1892), Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Matthew and Granger (1915), Hay (1930), Matthew (1937), Gazin (1969), Rigby (1980), Rose (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lipodectes pelvidens Cope
1882Pelycodus pelvidens Cope p. 462
1883Chriacus pelvidens Cope
1888Chriacus stenops Cope p. 341
1892Chriacus pelvidens Scott p. 296
1892Chriacus stenops Scott p. 296
1897Chriacus pelvidens Matthew p. 273
1902Chriacus pelvidens Hay p. 745
1902Chriacus stenops Hay p. 745
1915Chriacus pelvidens Matthew and Granger
1930Chriacus pelvidens Hay p. 461
1937Chriacus pelvidens Matthew
1969Chriacus pelvidens Gazin p. 7
1980Chriacus pelvidens Rigby, Jr.
1996Chriacus pelvidens Rose p. 1708

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusChriacusCope 1883
speciespelvidens(Cope 1881)

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.

†Chriacus pelvidens Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Chriacus stenops Cope 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:55:00
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:52:01
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Chriacus pelvidens (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Chriacus baldwini (14873) Chriacus pelvidens (14815 14825 14832 14833 14865 14868 14893) Chriacus pelvidens, Chriacus truncatus (14816)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Chriacus pelvidens (14939)
Ti160.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Chriacus pelvidens (15021 15023)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Chriacus pelvidens (14965 14983 14989 15001 15036)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Chriacus pelvidens (15025 15064)