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Osbornodon renjiei

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Osbornodon renjiei was named by Wang (1994). Its type specimen is F:AM 63316, a partial skull (maxillary and mandible fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dickinson Member (Woodland), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Osbornodon renjiei Wang p. 114
2008Osbornodon renjiei Wang et al.
2014Osbornodon renjiei Welsh

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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
genusOsbornodon
speciesrenjiei

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 renjiei Wang 1994
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Whitneyan or 33.90000 to 29.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Osbornodon renjiei (224881)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (North Dakota) Osbornodon renjiei (type locality: 17101)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Nebraska) Osbornodon renjiei (17427)