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Cynarctina

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cynarctina Wang et al. p. 339
2008Cynarctina Wang 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
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
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeCynarctina
subtribeCynarctina

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. †Cynarctina Wang et al. 1999
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G. †Cynarctus Matthew 1902
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Cynarctus crucidens Barbour and Cook 1914
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Invalid names: Cynarctus fortidens Hall and Dalquest 1962 [synonym]
Cynarctus galushai Wang et al. 1999
Cynarctus marylandica Berry 1938
Cynarctus saxatilis Matthew 1902
Cynarctus voorhiesi Wang et al. 1999
Cynarctus wangi Jasinski and Wallace 2015
G. †Euoplocyon Matthew 1924
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Euoplocyon brachygnathus Douglass 1903
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Invalid names: Euoplocyon praedator Matthew 1924 [synonym]
Euoplocyon spissidens White 1947
G. †Metatomarctus Wang et al. 1999
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Metatomarctus canavus Simpson 1932
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Invalid names: Nothocyon insularis White 1942 [synonym], Tomarctus thomasi White 1941 [synonym]
G. †Microtomarctus Wang et al. 1999
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Microtomarctus conferta Matthew 1918
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Invalid names: Tomarctus paulus Henshaw 1942 [synonym]
G. †Paracynarctus Wang et al. 1999
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Paracynarctus kelloggi Merriam 1911
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Invalid names: Cynodesmus casei Wilson 1939 [synonym]
Paracynarctus sinclairi Wang et al. 1999
G. †Protomarctus Wang et al. 1999
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Protomarctus optatus Matthew 1924
G. †Psalidocyon Wang et al. 1999
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Psalidocyon marianae Wang et al. 1999
G. †Tephrocyon Merriam 1906
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Tephrocyon rurestris Condon 1896
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian to the top of the Clarendonian or 20.43000 to 10.30000 Ma

Collections (144 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Louisiana) Cynarctus sp. (163859)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Colorado) Cynodesmus casei (19008)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Metatomarctus sp. (18922)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Tomarctus canavus, Tomarctus thomsoni (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (California) Tomarctus optatus (19151)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Metatomarctus canavus (167841)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Metatomarctus canavus (17881 17888 17932 17934 17935 17936 17938 17942 17948 17950 17963 17973 17978 18005 18006) Metatomarctus canavus, Tomarctus optatus (17864 17906) Paracynarctus kelloggi (17873)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) Metatomarctus canavus (19388) Paracynarctus kelloggi (19275) Protomarctus optatus (19311) Tomarctus sp. (19188)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Tomarctus kelloggi (18961) Tomarctus kelloggi, Tomarctus optatus (18962)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Aelurocyon spissidens, Nothocyon insularis, Tomarctus canavus (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Metatomarctus canavus (17896) Protomarctus optatus (17872 17890 17918 17920 17952 17961 17987 18000 18012 18016) Tomarctus optatus (17907 17917 18001)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Tephrocyon rurestris (212623 212625)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Microtomarctus conferta (17908) Tomarctus sp. (17965)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Tomarctus kelloggi (18948 19074 19081) Tomarctus kelloggi, Tomarctus optatus (19073 19075) Tomarctus optatus (18873)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Tomarctus sp. (19358)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Tomarctus kelloggi (19016)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) Microtomarctus conferta (19339) Microtomarctus conferta, Paracynarctus kelloggi (19410)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (California) Tomarctus optatus (19601) Tomarctus sp. (19478)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Tomarctus marylandica (18516 48884)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Texas) Microtomarctus conferta (18631)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Maryland) Cynarctus wangi (18519)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) Cynarctus galushai (19568 19598 214888 214889) Cynarctus galushai, Microtomarctus conferta (19548) Euoplocyon brachygnathus, Microtomarctus conferta, Paracynarctus kelloggi (19557) Microtomarctus conferta (19314 19356 19364 19366 19422 19432 19457 19458 19463 19615 19616) Protomarctus optatus (19510)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) Microtomarctus conferta (19274 19535) Microtomarctus conferta, Tomarctus kelloggi, Tomarctus optatus (19449) Tomarctus confertus (19520)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Cynarctus saxatilis (18164 18275 18284 18357 18412 18442) Cynarctus sp. (18443) Cynarctus sp., Tephrocyon sp., Cynarctus crucidens (18123)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Montana) Aelurodon brachygnathus (18894)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Colorado) Cynarctus saxatilis (230947) Microtomarctus conferta (18203)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nevada) Cynodesmus kelloggi, Tomarctus optatus (19103) Microtomarctus conferta (19014) Paracynarctus kelloggi (18924) Tomarctus paulus, Tomarctus kelloggi (19097)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Oregon) Canis rurestris (231010) Euoplocyon sp. (19056) Tephrocyon rurestris (19031) Tomarctus kelloggi (19019) Tomarctus rurestris (19017 19027)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Euoplocyon brachygnathus, Microtomarctus conferta, Paracynarctus sinclairi, Psalidocyon marianae (17955) Euoplocyon brachygnathus, Microtomarctus conferta, Psalidocyon marianae (17905) Euoplocyon praedator, Paracynarctus sinclairi, Psalidocyon marianae (18004) Microtomarctus conferta (17904 18011 18019) Microtomarctus conferta, Paracynarctus sinclairi (17972) Paracynarctus sinclairi (17880 17976) Tomarctus confertus (17911)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) Paracynarctus kelloggi, Psalidocyon marianae, Tomarctus confertus (19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) Microtomarctus conferta (156738)
Barstovian - Clarendonian15.97 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Tephrocyon confertus (230906)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Cynarctus crucidens (126605)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Texas) Cynarctus crucidens (18098 18244) Cynarctus fortidens (18283 18355)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Cynarctus crucidens (18042 18095 18171 18218 18222 18253 18467) Cynarctus sp. (18092 18324) Cynarctus voorhiesi (18217 18242 18260 188779)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (South Dakota) Cynarctus crucidens (18200)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Cynarctus crucidens (18134)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (Washington) Cynarctus crucidens (175228)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Colorado) Tomarctus paula (18846)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Texas) Canidae indet. (18346)