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Miocyon magnus

Osteichthyes - Miacidae

Taxonomy
Miocyon magnus was named by Bryant (1992). Its type specimen is SMNH P1900.1, a tooth (right [lower] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lac Pelletier Lower Fauna, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Miocyon magnus Bryant
2010Miocyon magnus Friscia and Rasmussen p. 52

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
familyMiacidae
genusMiocyon(Matthew 1909)
speciesmagnus

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.

†Miocyon magnus Bryant 1992
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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: carnivoresubg
Diet 2: omnivoresubg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-13 10:30:07
Modified: 2011-05-12 19:30:07
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Flynn 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Prodaphaenus sp. (type locality: 16845)