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Paratomarctus euthos

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Cynodesmus euthos was named by McGrew (1935). Its type locality is Gordon Creek Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Tomarctus euthos by Vanderhoof and Gregory (1940), White (1941), Green (1948), Downs (1956), Macdonald (1960), Webb (1969), Voorhies (1990), Wang (1994), Munthe (1998); it was recombined as Paratomarctus euthos by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Cynodesmus euthos McGrew
1940Tomarctus euthos Vanderhoof and Gregory
1941Tomarctus euthos White
1948Tomarctus euthos Green
1956Tomarctus euthos Downs
1960Tomarctus euthos Macdonald
1969Tomarctus euthos Webb
1990Tomarctus euthos Voorhies
1994Tomarctus euthos Wang p. 63
1998Tomarctus euthos Munthe
1999Paratomarctus euthos Wang et al.
2008Paratomarctus euthos Wang et al.

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeBorophagina
genusParatomarctus
specieseuthos()

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.

†Paratomarctus euthos McGrew 1935
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Dakota) Tomarctus euthos (18113)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Paratomarctus euthos (18150 18306) Tomarctus euthos (18077)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Paratomarctus euthos (18200) Tomarctus euthos (18268)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Paratomarctus euthos (18244) Tomarctus euthos (18283 18355)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Paratomarctus euthos (18042 18056 18095 18135 18217 18227 18242 18245 18291 18302 18333 18425 18458 18496) Tomarctus euthos (type locality: 18176)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (South Dakota) Paratomarctus euthos (18087)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Paratomarctus euthos (18134)