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Taxonomy
Canis brachypus was named by Cope (1881). Its type specimen is AMNH 8140, a partial skeleton (skull and lower jaws plus most of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uva Breaks, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Cynodesmus brachypus by Scott (1895), Matthew (1907), Cope and Matthew (1915); it was recombined as Osbornodon brachypus by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996), Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Cynodesmus brachypus by Scott (1895), Matthew (1907), Cope and Matthew (1915); it was recombined as Osbornodon brachypus by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996), Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1881 | Canis brachypus Cope p. 389 |
| 1895 | Cynodesmus brachypus Scott |
| 1902 | Canis brachypus Hay p. 775 |
| 1907 | Cynodesmus brachypus Matthew |
| 1915 | Cynodesmus brachypus Cope and Matthew pp. Plate CXIXa |
| 1994 | Osbornodon brachypus Wang p. 125 |
| 1996 | Osbornodon brachypus Wang and Tedford |
| 2008 | Osbornodon brachypus Wang et al. |
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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.
†Osbornodon brachypus Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Harrisonian or 23.10000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| late Late Arikareean | USA (Wyoming) | Canis brachypus (type locality: 18010) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | Osbornodon brachypus (17793) |