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Mesocyon temnodon

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Cynodictis temnodon was named by Wortman and Matthew (1899). Its type specimen is AMNH 8753, a mandible (partial left ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vista, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Pseudocynodictis temnodon by Matthew (1918), Galbreath (1953); it was recombined as Nothocyon temnodon by Matthew (1924); it was recombined as Hesperocyon temnodon by Green (1952); it was recombined as Mesocyon temnodon by Wang (1994), Wang et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. socialis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Cynodictis temnodon Wortman and Matthew
1902Cynodictis temnodon Hay p. 771
1918Pseudocynodictis temnodon Matthew
1924Nothocyon temnodon Matthew
1952Hesperocyon temnodon Green
1953Pseudocynodictis temnodon Galbreath
1994Mesocyon temnodon Wang p. 49
2008Mesocyon temnodon 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
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusMesocyonScott 1890
speciestemnodon(Wortman and Matthew 1899)

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 temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Harrisonian or 33.90000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Mesocyon temnodon (17097)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) Mesocyon temnodon (17309 17314 17315 17342 17344 17356 17367 17379)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Wyoming) Mesocyon temnodon (17335)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Colorado) Pseudocynodictis temnodon (type locality: 17426)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Nebraska) Mesocyon temnodon (17322 17333 17365)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Mesocyon robustus (17630 17634 17635 17641 17642)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Mesocyon temnodon (17703)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian24.7 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Mesocyon temnodon (17704)