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Canis geismarianus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis geismarianus was named by Cope (1878) [also said to be 1879 or 1881, but see Wang and Tedford 1992]. Its type specimen is AMNH 6884, a tooth (left m1), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Galecynus geismarianus by Cope (1879); it was recombined as Nothocyon geismarianus by Wortman and Matthew (1899), Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Macdonald (1970), Wang and Tedford (1992) and Wang et al. (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kronstadtensis, C. multicuspus, C. ocropus, C. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Canis geismarianus Cope
1879Galecynus geismarianus Cope
1899Nothocyon geismarianus Matthew
1899Nothocyon geismarianus Wortman and Matthew p. 127
1902Nothocyon geismarianus Hay p. 771
1906Nothocyon geismarianus Merriam p. 13
1907Nothocyon geismarianus Matthew
1970Nothocyon geismarianus Macdonald
1992Nothocyon geismarianus Wang and Tedford p. 225
1999Nothocyon geismarianus Wang et al. p. 85

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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
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesgeismarianus

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.

†Canis geismarianus Cope 1878
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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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Canis geismarianus (180202)