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Simocyoninae

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Simocyoninae is a subfamily. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Canidae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Procyonidae by Baskin (1998); and to Ailuridae by Smith et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Simocyoninae Hay p. 770
1980Simocyoninae Kurten and Anderson p. 165
1998Simocyoninae Baskin p. 146
2016Simocyoninae Smith 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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
subfamilySimocyoninae
subfamilySimocyoninae

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.

Subfm. †Simocyoninae
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G. †Actiocyon Stock 1947
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†Actiocyon parverratis Smith et al. 2016
G. †Alopecocyon Camp and Vanderhoof 1940
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†Alopecocyon leardi Stock 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the MN 9 or 27.30000 to 9.67000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Baluchistan) Alopecocyon sp. (179812)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Alopecocyon sp. (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Alopecocyon getti (200296)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Actiocyon parverratis (181725 181729)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Alopecocyon goeriachensis (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Alopecocyon goeriachensis (42588)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Alopecocyon leptorhynchus (69711)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Actiocyon leardi (19515)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Alopecocyon sp. (75481)