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Dukecynus

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Discussion

Etymology: Duke in homenage to Duke University and Duke University paleontologists who, through years of field work (1985-1991) in the Upper Magdalena valley of Colombia, were able to make outstanding collections of fossil vertebrates from equatorial South America; cynus, dog, in reference to the Prothylacyninae, extinct doglike marsupials.

Taxonomy

Dukecynus was named by Goin (1997).

It was assigned to Prothylacyninae by Goin (1997).

Species

D. magnus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1997	Dukecynus Goin

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
order	Sparassodonta	()
superfamily	Borhyaenoidea	Ameghino 1894
—	Borhyaenidae	()
subfamily	Prothylacyninae	(Ameghino 1894)
genus	Dukecynus

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.

G. †Dukecynus Goin 1997

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†Dukecynus magnus Goin 1997

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
F. J. Goin 1997	As for type species

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubo

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2013-05-24 23:51:13

Modified:

2013-05-24 08:51:13

Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Goin 1997, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Laventan or 13.80000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Colombia (Huila)	D. magnus (187960)