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Mesocyon coryphaeus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Temnocyon coryphaeus was named by Cope (1879) [type is from the "John Day beds" and was collected by J. L. Wortman in 1879]. Its type specimen is AMNH 6859, a partial skeleton (complete skull with entire dentition, partial left scapula, and one cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hypotemnodon coryphaeus by Eyerman (1894), Scott (1897) and Wortman and Matthew (1899); it was recombined as Enhydrocyon coryphaeus by Swisher (1982); it was recombined as Mesocyon coryphaeus by Scott (1890), Hay (1899), Hay (1902), Douglass (1903), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Barbour and Schultz (1935), Loomis (1936), Hough (1948), Olsen (1958), Stevens (1991), Wang (1994), Fremd (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
  • Mesocyon josephi secundus was named by Thorpe (1922). Its type specimen is YPM 10063 and is a 3D body fossil.

    It was considered an invalid subgroup of Mesocyon coryphaeus by Wang (1994).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Temnocyon coryphaeus Cope p. 13
1890Mesocyon coryphaeus Scott
1894Hypotemnodon coryphaeus Eyerman
1897Hypotemnodon coryphaeus Scott
1899Mesocyon coryphaeus Hay p. 254
1899Hypotemnodon coryphaeus Wortman and Matthew p. 130
1902Mesocyon coryphaeus Hay p. 773
1903Mesocyon coryphaeus Douglass
1906Mesocyon coryphaeus Merriam p. 16
1907Mesocyon coryphaeus Matthew
1922Mesocyon josephi secundus Thorpe
1935Mesocyon coryphaeus Barbour and Schultz
1936Mesocyon coryphaeus Loomis p. 50
1948Mesocyon coryphaeus Hough
1958Mesocyon coryphaeus Olsen
1982Enhydrocyon coryphaeus Swisher
1991Mesocyon coryphaeus Stevens
1994Mesocyon coryphaeus Fremd
1994Mesocyon coryphaeus Wang p. 42
1996Mesocyon coryphaeus Wang and Tedford
2008Mesocyon coryphaeus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusMesocyonScott 1890
speciescoryphaeus()

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.

†Mesocyon coryphaeus Cope 1879
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Geringian or 29.50000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) Mesocyon coryphaeus (93078)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Mesocyon sp. (17497)