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Cynotherium sardous

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Cynotherium sardous was named by Studiati (1857). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. sardus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cynotherium sardous Studiati
2008Cynotherium sardous Wang et al.
2015Cynotherium sardous Madurell-Malapeira et al.
2017Cynotherium sardous Zoboli and Pillola p. 248

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
genusCynotheriumStudiati 1857
speciessardousStudiati 1857

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.

†Cynotherium sardous Studiati 1857
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Cynotherium sardous (94327)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy Cynotherium sardous (215273)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Cynotherium sardous (92675)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Cynotherium sardous (69062)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France Cynotherium sardous (215276)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France (Corsica) Cynotherium sardous (94331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Cynotherium sardous (51553 226836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Southern Sardinia) Cynotherium sardous (214506)