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Temnocyon macrogenys

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Temnocyon macrogenys was named by Hunt (2011). Its type specimen is F:AM 54139, a partial skeleton (eft mandible with canine alveolus, p1–2, broken roots of pathologic p3, complete p4–m3, with most of the ascending ramus, articular condyle, and angular process), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guernsey, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Temnocyon macrogenys Hunt, Jr. p. 45 figs. 20, 21

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyTemnocyoninae
genusTemnocyon
speciesmacrogenys

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Temnocyon macrogenys Hunt, Jr. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Hunt 2011Largest species of Temnocyon (basilar length, ,30 cm, table 7), and the only large temnocyonine in which the plesio- morphic cusp pattern of the lower teeth is retained: m1 shear maintained; metaconids present on m1–2; m1/m2 ratio, 1.62, the lowest among Temnocyon species (table 6). Depth of mandible below m1, ,50 mm; below p2, 46 mm. Mandibular dental mea- surements highest values among species of Temnocyon: length of toothrow, p1–m3, 135 mm; lengths in mm of p2, 16.6; p4, 22.1; m1, 28.2; m2, 17.4 (table 2).