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Aelurodontina

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Aelurodontina Wang et al. p. 339
2004Aelurodontina Wang et al. p. 445
2008Aelurodontina Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeAelurodontina
subtribeAelurodontina

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.

Subtr. †Aelurodontina Wang et al. 1999
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G. †Aelurodon Leidy 1858
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†Aelurodon asthenostylus Wang et al. 1999
†Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Aelurodon platyrhinus Barbour and Cook 1917 [synonym], Canis wheelerianus Cope 1877 [synonym], Tephrocyon marshi Thorpe 1922 [synonym]
†Aelurodon mcgrewi Wang et al. 1999
†Aelurodon montanensis Wang et al. 2004
†Aelurodon stirtoni Wang et al. 1999
†Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
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Invalid names: Euoplocyon magnus Matthew 1924 [synonym], Tomarctus propter Cook and Macdonald 1962 [synonym]
Invalid names: Prohyaena Schlosser 1890 [synonym], Strobodon Webb 1969 [synonym]
G. †Tomarctus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Aelurodon francisi Hay 1924 [synonym], Aelurodon simulans Hay 1924 [synonym]
†Tomarctus hippophaga Matthew and Cook 1909
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: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Miocene or 18.50000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (209 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon taxoides (18213)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama Tomarctus brevirostris (18725)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama (Panama City) Tomarctus brevirostris (144879)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon asthenostylus (17998) Tomarctus hippophaga (17909 17979 17999)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Tomarctus hippophaga (19233 19586)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Colorado) Aelurodon asthenostylus, Tomarctus brevirostris (17908) Tomarctus brevirostris (17893)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) Aelurodon asthenostylus, Tomarctus brevirostris (18203)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Tomarctus hippophaga (18758 18759 18761 18769 18785 18788 18789 18793 18797 18798 18799)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Aelurodon sp. (19088) Tomarctus brevirostris (181725 240932) Tomarctus brevirostris, Aelurodon wheelerianus (19097) Tomarctus sp. (181731)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Aelurodon ferox (19320 19519) Aelurodon ferox, Aelurodon stirtoni (19520) Aelurodon sp. (19287) Canis wheelerianus, Strobodon sp. (19535)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon ferox (18031 18068 18109 18120 18162 18164 18167 18188 18192 18206 18209 18248 18266 18275 18281 18357 18361 18399 18405 18411 18461 18464) Aelurodon ferox, Strobodon sp. (18442) Aelurodon mcgrewi (18058 18125 18153 18345 18363 18402 18412) Aelurodon platyrhinus (18443) Aelurodon sp. (18027 18051 18121 18123 18124 18141 18199 18332 18353) Aelurodon stirtoni (18119) Aelurodon taxoides (18032) Aelurodon wheelerianus (18090 18261 18284 18341) Tephrocyon hippophagus (18165) Tephrocyon marshi (18271)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Aelurodon francisi (18628 18637 18649 18650) Tomarctus sp. (207493)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Aelurodon sp. (18138)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Aelurodon asthenostylus (19364 19366 19422 19457 19458 19463 19548 214888) Aelurodon sp. (19460 19542) Tomarctus brevirostris (19598) Tomarctus hippophaga (19392 19557 19565 19581 19616)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Tomarctus brevirostris, Tomarctus hippophaga (19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Aelurodon montanensis (62876) Aelurodon wheelerianus (18803)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Tomarctus sp. (18630)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon wheelerianus (17983) Tomarctus brevirostris (17972 18011) Tomarctus brevirostris, Tomarctus hippophaga (17880 17903 17904 17905 17955 17956 18019) Tomarctus hippophaga (17911 17919 17971 17975 17976 18004)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon ferox (18270 18282 18422 190543) Aelurodon stirtoni, Aelurodon taxoides (18077)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Tomarctus sp. (52183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Tomarctus sp. (19196)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Aelurodon sp. (18096) Aelurodon taxoides (18074 18091 18149 18179 18244 18283 18355 18623) Aelurodon taxoides, Aelurodon sp. (18610) Canidae indet. (18640) Carnivora indet. (18645)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon ferox (18075 18152 18242 18260 18267 18466) Aelurodon ferox, Aelurodon stirtoni (18176 18217) Aelurodon sp. (188779) Aelurodon stirtoni (18408) Aelurodon taxoides (18022 18042 18057 18092 18095 18118 18151 18171 18190 18214 18218 18222 18227 18230 18245 18278 18279 18288 18299 18301 18333 18336 18348 18378 18409 18446 18457 18458 18459 18468 18494 18496) Carnivora indet. (18321) Strobodon stirtoni (18159 18414)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Aelurodon taxoides (18071)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Aelurodon sp., Tomarctus sp. (182562) Aelurodon taxoides (18845)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Aelurodon taxoides (18063 18200 18268)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oklahoma) Aelurodon taxoides (18463)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Aelurodon taxoides (19185 19391)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Aelurodon taxoides (18262)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) Aelurodon sp. (19528)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (South Dakota) Aelurodon taxoides (18087 18352)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon sp. (18180 18295) Aelurodon taxoides (18134 18174 18256)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Texas) Aelurodon taxoides (18358)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) Aelurodon taxoides (18501)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon taxoides (18323)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Aelurodon sp. (163573)