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Daphoenodon superbus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Amphicyon superbus was named by Peterson (1907). Its type specimen is CM 1589, a skeleton (practically complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Daphoenodon superbus by Peterson (1909), Peterson (1910), Olsen (1958) and Hunt (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Amphicyon superbus Peterson
1909Daphoenodon periculosus Cook
1909Daphoenodon superbus Peterson
1910Daphoenodon superbus Peterson
1958Daphoenodon superbus Olsen
1998Daphoenodon superbus Hunt, Jr. p. 206

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyDaphoeninae
genusDaphoenodon
speciessuperbus()

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.

†Daphoenodon superbus Peterson 1907
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Invalid names: Daphoenodon periculosus Cook 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hunt 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian to the top of the Harrisonian or 20.43000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Amphicyon superbus (type locality: 22641) Daphoenodon periculosus (17744) Daphoenodon superbus (17741)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Daphoenodon superbus (17853)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Daphoenodon niobrarensis (17865)