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Vassacyon bowni

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Vassacyon bowni was named by Heinrich et al. (2008). Its type specimen is UCMP 216164, a tooth (right [upper] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Castle Gardens, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Vassacyon bowni Heinrich et al. p. 160 fig. 4
2016Vassacyon bowni Solé 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusVassacyon
speciesbowni

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.

†Vassacyon bowni Heinrich et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-13 10:30:57
Modified: 2011-05-12 19:30:57
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Vassacyon bowni (type locality: 15458)