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Mogharacyon anubisi

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Cynelos anubisi was named by Morlo and Miller (2019) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EED887B0-9F1C-4ADD-B4CF-7E8BBEB7514D]. Its type specimen is CUMW 55 , a mandible ( left mandible with alveolus of c, single root of p1, single root of p2, roots of p3, p4-m2, and alveolus of m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt.

It was recombined as Mogharacyon anubisi by Morales and Pickford (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Cynelos anubisi Morlo and Miller p. 734 fig. 2
2022Mogharacyon anubisi Morales and Pickford

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
subfamilyAmphicyonidae
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
genusMogharacyon
speciesanubisi()

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.

Mogharacyon anubisi Morlo and Miller 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Hunt 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Egypt Cynelos sp. (70647)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Egypt Cynelos sp. (type locality: 53970)