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Bonisicyon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Bonisicyon was named by Werdelin (2009).

It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Werdelin (2009) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Species
B. illacabo

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Bonisicyon Werdelin p. 777
2010Bonisicyon Werdelin and Peigne p. 611

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
genusBonisicyon

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. †Bonisicyon Werdelin 2009
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†Bonisicyon illacabo Werdelin 2009
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Werdelin 2009Amphicyonidae of small size; carnassial shear on m1 entirely mesiodistal; m1 hypoconid formed into elongated crest, separated from trigonid by a narrow postvallid notch and effectively a part of the carnassial shear; m1 metaconid in evidence only as a bulge on the lingual side of the protoconid; m1 relatively wide and bulbous at the base of the crown; m2 broad and short.