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Oxyaena lupina

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Oxyaena lupina was named by Cope (1874) [genotype]. It is the type species of Oxyaena.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyaena forcipata by Guthrie (1967) and Gunnell and Gingerich (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Oxyaena lupina Cope
1874Oxyaena morsitans Cope
1875Oxyaena lupina Cope p. 9
1875Oxyaena morsitans Cope p. 9
1892Oxyaena lupina Scott p. 315
1892Oxyaena morsitans Scott p. 315
1897Oxyaena huerfanensis Osborn
1902Oxyaena huerfanensis Hay p. 757
1902Oxyaena lupina Hay p. 757
1902Oxyaena morsitans Hay p. 757
1998Oxyaena lupina Gunnell

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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()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyOxyaeninaeTrouessart 1885
genusOxyaenaCope 1874
specieslupinaCope 1874

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.

†Oxyaena lupina Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Oxyaena huerfanensis Osborn 1897 [synonym], Oxyaena morsitans Cope 1874 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:49:37
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:49:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993, Gunnell 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Oxyaena lupina (15663) Stypolophus morsitans (15452)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Oxyaena lupina (15650)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Oxyaena sp. (15455 15479 15662 15839)