Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Aelurodon meandrinus was named by Hatcher (1894). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus by Matthew (1902); it was recombined as Dinocyon meandrinus by Matthew (1902); it was recombined as Pliocyon meandrinus by Matthew (1924), Stock and Furlong (1926) and Johnston and Christian (1941); it was considered a nomen dubium by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940), McGrew (1944), Webb (1969) and Hunt (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Aelurodon meandrinus Hatcher p. 239
1902Aelurodon meandrinus Hay p. 774
1902Dinocyon meandrinus Matthew
1902Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus Matthew p. 289
1924Pliocyon meandrinus Matthew
1926Pliocyon meandrinus Stock and Furlong
1941Pliocyon meandrinus Johnston and Christian

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
genusDinocyon
subgenusBorophagus
speciesmeandrinus()

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available