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Carpocyon compressus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Aelurodon compressus was named by Cope (1890).

It was recombined as Tomarctus compressus by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940), Green (1948) and Cassiliano (1980); it was recombined as Carpocyon compressus by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Aelurodon compressus Cope
1902Aelurodon compressus Hay p. 774
1922Cynodesmus cuspidatus Thorpe
1940Tomarctus compressus VanderHoof and Gregory
1941Tomarctus cuspidatus White
1948Tomarctus compressus Green
1969Carpocyon cuspidatus Webb
1980Tomarctus compressus Cassiliano
1986Carpocyon cuspidatus Evander
1990Carpocyon cuspidatus Voorhies
1998Carpocyon cuspidatus Munthe
1999Carpocyon compressus Wang et al.
2008Carpocyon compressus Wang et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeBorophagina
genusCarpocyon
speciescompressus(Cope 1890)

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.

†Carpocyon compressus Cope 1890
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Invalid names: Cynodesmus cuspidatus Thorpe 1922 [synonym]
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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Kansas) Carpocyon compressus (18373)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Carpocyon compressus (19088)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Carpocyon compressus (18123 18124 18132 18173 18205 18285 18286) Carpocyon cuspidatus (18192 18209 18284 18442)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) Carpocyon compressus (18203)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Carpocyon compressus (18070 18112 18270)