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Taxonomy
Phlaocyon leucosteus was named by Matthew (1899) [genotype]. Its type locality is Merycochoerus Quarry, Martin Canyon, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1899 | Phlaocyon leucosteus Matthew |
| 1902 | Phlaocyon leucosteus Hay p. 765 |
| 1999 | Phlaocyon leucosteus Wang et al. p. 79 |
| 2008 | Phlaocyon leucosteus 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.
†Phlaocyon leucosteus Matthew 1899
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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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 23.10000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Harrisonian | USA (Florida) | Phlaocyon sp. (17837) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Phlaocyon leucosteus (17842) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Phlaocyon leucosteus (167863) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Phlaocyon leucosteus (17865 17891 18009) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Phlaocyon leucosteus (17886) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | Phlaocyon leucosteus (type locality: 17964) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Phlaocyon leucosteus (17991) |