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Borhyaenidae
Taxonomy
Borhyaenidae was named by Savage (1951). It was considered monophyletic by de Muizon (1999) and Forasiepi (2009).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Borhyaenidae by Engelman et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson (1935); to Marsupialia by Simpson (1948), Stirton (1953) and Simpson (1970); to Didelphoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Sparassodonta by Forasiepi et al. (2003), Goin et al. (2007) and Goin et al. (2010); to Sparassodonta by Ameghino (1894) and Oliveira and Goin (2011); and to Borhyaenoidea by Marshall (1978), Patterson and Marshall (1978), Marshall (1979), Marshall (1981), de Muizon (1994), de Muizon (1999), Forasiepi (2009) and Engelman et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Borhyaenidae by Engelman et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson (1935); to Marsupialia by Simpson (1948), Stirton (1953) and Simpson (1970); to Didelphoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Sparassodonta by Forasiepi et al. (2003), Goin et al. (2007) and Goin et al. (2010); to Sparassodonta by Ameghino (1894) and Oliveira and Goin (2011); and to Borhyaenoidea by Marshall (1978), Patterson and Marshall (1978), Marshall (1979), Marshall (1981), de Muizon (1994), de Muizon (1999), Forasiepi (2009) and Engelman et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1894 | Borhyaenidae Ameghino p. 115 |
1935 | Borhyaenidae Simpson p. 3 |
1948 | Borhyaenidae Simpson |
1951 | Borhyaenidae Savage |
1953 | Borhyaenidae Stirton p. 614 |
1970 | Borhyaenidae Simpson |
1978 | Borhyaenidae Marshall |
1978 | Borhyaenidae Patterson and Marshall |
1979 | Borhyaenidae Marshall |
1981 | Borhyaenidae Marshall |
1994 | Borhyaenidae de Muizon |
1997 | Borhyaenidae McKenna and Bell |
1999 | Borhyaenidae de Muizon p. 507 |
2003 | Borhyaenidae Forasiepi et al. |
2007 | Borhyaenidae Goin et al. |
2009 | Borhyaenidae Forasiepi pp. 105-106 |
2010 | Borhyaenidae Goin et al. |
2011 | Borhyaenidae Oliveira and Goin |
2020 | Borhyaenidae Engelman et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Borhyaenidae Savage 1951
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Subfm. †Borhyaeninae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Arctodictis Mercerat 1891
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†Arctodictis munizi Mercerat 1891
†Arctodictis sinclairi Marshall 1978
G. †Borhyaena Ameghino 1887
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†Borhyaena macrodonta Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Pseudoborhyaena longaeva Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
†Borhyaena tuberata Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Acrocyon patagonensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Arctodictis australis Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena fera Ameghinor 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena sanguinaria Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Borhyaena zitteli Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Conodonictis exterminator Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Conodonictis rapax Cabrera 1927 [synonym], Conodonictis saeva Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conodonictis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Dynamictis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Pseudoborhyaena Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
G. †Eutemnodus Bravard 1858
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†Eutemnodus acutidens Riggs and Patterson
†Eutemnodus americanus Bravard 1858
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Invalid names: Apera sanguinaria Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Hyaenodon sudamericanus Burmeister 1891 [synonym]
†Eutemnodus propampina Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Apera Ameghino 1886 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conodonictidae Ameghino 1935 [synonym], Sparassodontidae Roger 1896 [synonym]
G. †Eutemodus Bravard 1858
G. †Nemolestes Ameghino 1902
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†Nemolestes brasiliensis Rangel et al. 2023
†Nemolestes lagunafriensis Rangel et al. 2023
†Nemolestes spalacotherinus Ameghino 1902
G. †Pharsophorus Ameghino 1897
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†Pharsophorus lacerans Ameghino 1897
†Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino 1897
Invalid names: Plesiofelis Roth 1903 [synonym]
Subfm. †Prothylacyninae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Prothylacynus Ameghino 1891
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†Prothylacynus patagonicus Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Agustylus carnifex Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena excavata Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Napodonictis thylacynoides Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Prothylacynus brachyrhynchus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Napodonictis Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Prothylacocyon Winge 1923 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: s = species, subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Goin 1997, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Vizcaíno et al. 2010 |
Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 66.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (75 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | Borhyaenidae indet. (13782) | |
Riochican | Argentina (Chubut) | Nemolestes sp. (13781) Patene sp. (14205) | |
Casamayoran | Argentina (Chubut) | Argyrolestes peralestinus (176285) | |
Casamayoran | Chile | Borhyaenidae indet. (38880) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Borhyaenidae indet., Arminiheringia sp. (118314) | |
Mustersan | Argentina (Chubut) | Plesiofelis cretaceus, Plesiofelis schlosseri (176290) | |
Lutetian | Argentina (Chubut) | Borhyaeninae gen. et sp. indet. C (133039) Nemolestes indet. (176059) | |
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Borhyaena riggsi (176461) | |
Bartonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Angelocabrerus daptes (13779) Nemolestes spalacotherinus (176163) | |
Bartonian | Brazil (Paraná) | Nemolestes sp. (186567) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Plesiofelis schlosseri (225620) | |
Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Borhyaenidae indet. (144474) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Chile | Borhyaenidae indet. (38072) | |
Rupelian | Argentina (Chubut) | Pharsophorus lacerans (176201) | |
Deseadan | Bolivia | Borhyaenidae indet., Pharsophorus lacerans, Proborhyaena sp. (95688) | |
Deseadan | Argentina (Mendoza) | Pharsophorus sp. (176466) | |
Deseadan | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Borhyaeninae indet. (152418) | |
Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Borhyaenidae indet., Pharsophorus lacerans (14208) Borhyaeninae indet. (133596) Fredszalaya hunteri (133615) Pharsophorus lacerans (133611) | |
Deseadan | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Australohyaena antiqua (50074) Pharsophorus antiquus (176269) | |
Deseadan | Bolivia (None) | Borhyaenidae indet. (13276) | |
Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Australohyaena antiqua (176235) Pharsophorus antiquus, Pharsophorus lacerans (176647) Pharsophorus lacerans, Pharsophorus tenax, Australohyaena antiqua (14211) Pharsophorus sp. (49849) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Borhyaena macrodonta (236575) | |
Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Borhyaenidae indet. (89029) | |
Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Acrocyon riggsi (176459) Borhyaena macrodonta (176436) Borhyaeninae indet., Pseudoborhyaena macrodonta, Pseudoborhyaena longaeva, Acrocyon riggsi, Pseudothylacynus rectus, Arctodictis sinclairi (141368) | |
Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Acrocyon sectorius (176580 176581 176594) Arctodictis munizi (176603 206242) Borhyaena tuberata (142529 176565 176566 176576 176578 176582 176585 176596 176636 210638 210786) Borhyaena tuberata, Acrocyon sectorius (176593) Borhyaena tuberata, Arctodictis munizi (176563) Prothylacynus brachyrhynchus, Napodonictis thylacynoides, Arctodictis munizi, Prothylacynus patagonicus, Borhyaena tuberata (142533) Prothylacynus patagonicus (87314 176569 176575 206237) Prothylacynus patagonicus, Borhyaena excavata, Borhyaena tuberata (176570) Prothylacynus patagonicus, Borhyaena tuberata (176602) Prothylacynus patagonicus, Borhyaena tuberata, Arctodictis munizi (176587) Prothylacynus patagonicus, Borhyaena zitteli, Borhyaena tuberata, Arctodictis munizi (27313) | |
Friasian | Chile (Aisén) | Prothylacynus patagonicus, Borhyaena tuberata (139845) | |
Langhian | Bolivia (Potosí) | Acrocyon sp. (68402) | |
Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquen) | Arctodictis sp. (28611) | |
Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Borhyaenidae indet. (38071) | |
Laventan | Peru | Borhyaenidae indet. (107992) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Arctodictis sp. (195258) Borhyaenidae indet. (133441 187949) Dukecynus magnus (187960) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Borhyaenidae indet. (146425) | |
Chasicoan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pseudolycopsis cabrerai (79180) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Borhyaenidae indet. (152061) |