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Cynarctoides roii

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Nothocyon roii was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5354), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Cormocyon roii by Wang and Tedford (1992), Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Cynarctoides roii by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Nothocyon roii Macdonald
1992Cormocyon roii Wang and Tedford p. 225
1994Cormocyon roii Wang and Fremd
1999Cynarctoides roii Wang et al.
2008Cynarctoides roii Wang et al.

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribePhlaocyonini
genusCynarctoides
speciesroii()

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.

Cynarctoides roii Macdonald 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Geringian or 29.50000 to 24.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Cynarctoides roii (17621 17661) Nothocyon roii (17626 type locality: 17630 17633 17634 17636 17644)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) Cynarctoides roii (17522)