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Hesperocyoninae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Hesperocyoninae Tedford
1994Hesperocyoninae Wang p. 23
1999Hesperocyoninae Wang et al. p. 21
2008Hesperocyoninae Wang and Tedford
2014Hesperocyoninae Welsh
2022Hesperocyoninae Korth et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978

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. †Hesperocyoninae Tedford 1978
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G. †Caedocyon Wang 1994
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†Caedocyon tedfordi Wang 1994
G. †Cynodesmus Scott 1893
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†Cynodesmus martini Wang 1994
†Cynodesmus thooides Scott 1893
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Invalid names: Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Mesocyon drummondanus Douglass 1903 [synonym], Sunkahetanka sheffleri Macdonald 1967 [synonym]
G. †Ectopocynus Wang 1994
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†Ectopocynus antiquus Wang 1994
G. †Enhydrocyon Cope 1879
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†Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope 1879
†Enhydrocyon crassidens Matthew 1907
†Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Macdonald 1963
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Invalid names: Enhydrocyon oregonensis Thorpe 1922 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hyaenocyon Cope 1879 [synonym], Hyaenocyon sectorius Cope 1883 [nomen vanum]
G. †Hesperocyon Scott 1890
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†Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Amphicyon gracilis Leidy 1856 [synonym], Cynodictis hylactor Hay 1899 [synonym], Cynodictis paterculus Matthew 1903 [synonym], Nanodelphys mcgrewi Russell 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alloeodectes Russell 1984 [synonym], Pseudocynodictis Schlosser 1902 [synonym]
G. †Mesocyon Scott 1890
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†Mesocyon brachyops Merriam 1906
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Invalid names: Mesocyon baileyi Stock 1933 [synonym]
†Mesocyon coryphaeus Cope 1879
†Mesocyon temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899
Invalid names: Hypotemnodon Eyerman 1894 [synonym], Mesocyon josephi secundus Thorpe 1922 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Osbornodon Wang 1994
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†Osbornodon brachypus Cope 1881
†Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994
†Osbornodon iamonensis Sellards 1916
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Invalid names: Cynodesmus nobilis Simpson 1932 [synonym], Paradaphoenus tropicalis White 1942 [synonym]
†Osbornodon renjiei Wang 1994
†Osbornodon scitulus Hay 1924
†Osbornodon sesnoni Macdonald 1967
†Osbornodon wangi Hayes 2000
G. †Paraenhydrocyon Wang 1994
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Invalid names: Mesocyon hortulirosae Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym]
†Paraenhydrocyon robustus Matthew 1907
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Invalid names: Temnocyon venator Cook 1909 [synonym]
G. †Philotrox Merriam 1906
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†Philotrox condoni Merriam 1906
G. †Prohesperocyon Wang 1994
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†Prohesperocyon wilsoni Gustafson 1986
G. †Sunkahetanka Macdonald 1963
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†Sunkahetanka geringensis Barbour and Schultz 1935
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, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 46.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (282 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Peradectes mcgrewi (16626)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Hesperocyon sp. (16845)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hesperocyon sp. (16840)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Hesperocyon gregarius (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Cynodictis paterculus (16898) Hesperocyon gregarius (16891 16896 16932 16943 16974 16998 17017 17022 17024 17044) Hesperocyon paterculus (16960 16962 16963 16964 16965 16966) Hesperocyon sp. (16952 16961) Pseudocynodictis paterculus (16920) Pseudocynodictis sp. (16986)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Hesperocyon gregarius (17006 17007)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Pseudocynodictis paterculus (16977)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Texas) Hesperocyon wilsoni (16888)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hesperocyon gregarius (16959 16988 16997 17028 230861) Hesperocyon paterculus (16924 16925 16944 17010) Hesperocyon sp. (16927 16990 17041)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Hesperocyon gregarius (16991 17042)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Hesperocyon gregarius (16918 16985 16995 17003 17025 17038) Hesperocyon sp. (16917 16930 16940 16941 17014 17033) Pseudocynodictis paterculus (16929)
Late/Upper Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hesperocyon gregarius (17027)
Middle Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Hesperocyon sp. (16928)
Middle Chadronian - Late/Upper Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Hesperocyon gregarius (156988)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Hesperocyon gregarius (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) Hesperocyon gregarius (17074 17090 17138) Hesperocyon sp. (17109)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Pseudocynodictis gregarius (17081) Pseudocynodictis gregarius, Pseudocynodictis lippincottianus (17082) Pseudocynodictis lippincottianus (17083)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Cynodictis gregarius (17117) Hesperocyon gregarius (17054 17073 17087 17099 17104 17106 17118 17123 17126 17149 17167 17172 17185 17193 17194 17196 17303)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Hesperocyon gregarius (17111)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Cynodictis gregarius (17092 17094) Hesperocyon gregarius (17143 17162 17169 17181 17192 163487) Hesperocyon sp. (17084 17102 17173 17174 17187 17188 17189 17190) Mesocyon temnodon (17097) Osbornodon renjiei (224881)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Cynodictis paterculus (17096) Hesperocyon gregarius (17046 17047 17048 17049 17050 17052 17062 17080 17098 17107 17108 17112 17114 17135 17155 17159 17164 17168 17176 17177 17201 17203 17204 17205 17206 17207 17211 17212 17216 17220 17221 17231 17232 17235 17237 17241 17247 17248 17257 17260 17265 17271 17273 17286 17287 17289 17290 17292)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) Hesperocyon gregarius (17125 17128 17139 17301) Hesperocyon gregarius, Osbornodon renjiei (17101) Hesperocyon sp. (17100)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Oregon) Enhydrocyon prolatus (17349)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Hesperocyon sp. (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) Cynodesmus thooides (17323) Hesperocyon gregarius (17310 17325 17368 17374 17405) Mesocyon temnodon (17322 17333 17365) Osbornodon renjiei (17427)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Wyoming) Mesocyon temnodon (17335)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Brachyrhynchocyon sesnoni (17438) Cynodesmus thooides (17343 17429 17431) Cynodesmus thooides, Ectopocynus antiquus (17339) Cynodesmus thooides, Mesocyon temnodon (17315 17342) Hesperocyon gregarius, Mesocyon temnodon (17344) Hesperocyon sp. (17336 17337 17338 17384) Mesocyon temnodon (17309 17314 17356 17367 17379) Osbornodon sesnoni (17317) Sunkahetanka sheffleri (17345)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (North Dakota) Hesperocyon gregarius (17432)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Colorado) Pseudocynodictis temnodon (17426)
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian33.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Hesperocyon sp. (17306)
Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean33.3 - 18.5USA (California) Mesocyon baileyi (17527)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi, Mesocyon robustus, Sunkahetanka geringensis (17630) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17638) Mesocyon robustus (17642) Mesocyon robustus, Sunkahetanka geringensis (17635) Philotrox condoni (17592 17618) Sunkahetanka geringensis (17611 17644) Sunkahetanka geringensis, Enhydrocyon crassidens (17636) Sunkahetanka geringensis, Mesocyon robustus (17634) Sunkahetanka geringensis, Mesocyon robustus, Sunkahetanka geringensis (17641) Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa (17637)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) Enhydrocyon stenocephalus, Mesocyon brachyops, Philotrox condoni (17537) Mesocyon brachyops, Mesocyon coryphaeus, Osbornodon sesnoni, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (93078) Paraenhydrocyon josephi, Enhydrocyon oregonensis (17508)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Cynodesmus thooides (17486)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Caedocyon tedfordi, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17493) Ectopocynus antiquus, Ectopocynus intermedius, Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Philotrox condoni (17532) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17472 17667) Hesperocyon sp. (17492) Mesocyon hortulirosae (17466) Mesocyon temnodon, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17703) Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17536)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Canis gregarius, Enhydrocyon basilatus, Enhydrocyon stenocephalus (180202)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Osbornodon wangi (17476)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Cynodesmus thooides (17509) Mesocyon drummondanus (17540)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Cynodesmus martini, Mesocyon geringensis (17598) Enhydrocyon sp. (17514 17515 17719)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Cynodesmus thooides (17483 17579) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17447) Enhydrocyon geringensis (17605)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Mesocyon sp. (17497)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Mesocyon sp. (167848)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Canis brachypus (18010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Enhydrocyon sp., Mesocyon brachyops, Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (93079) Mesocyon brachyops, Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (17603)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17547 17554 17564 17723)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Washington) Enhydrocyon sp., Parenhydrocyon josephi (119838)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17455 17743) Mesocyon robustus (17451)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Texas) Enhydrocyon venator (17774)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Enhydrocyon basilatus (17801) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17813) Enhydrocyon crassidens, Paraenhydrocyon josephi, Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (17794 17815) Osbornodon brachypus (17793) Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17811) Paraenhydrocyon robustus (17812) Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (17788 17833)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Mesocyon temnodon (17704) Mesocyon venator (17846) Temnocyon sp. (17819)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Mesocyon iamonensis (18537)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Mesocyon socialis (17925)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Ectopocynus simplicidens (17865 17891 18021) Osbornodon iamonensis (17881) Osbornodon scitulus (17898)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Osbornodon scitulus (18562)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Paradaphoenus tropicalis (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Osbornodon fricki (17917 17920 17952 17961 17980 18001) Osbornodon iamonensis (17896)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Tephrocyon scitulus (18626)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Osbornodon fricki (19472 19509 19572 19616)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Osbornodon fricki (19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Osbornodon fricki (17905 17955 17972)