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Ambloctonus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy

Ambloctonus was named by Cope (1875). Its type is Ambloctonus sinosus. It is the type genus of Amblyctonidae.

It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1875); to Hyaenodontidae by Cope (1875); to Amblyctonidae by Cope (1880) and Cope (1880); to Palaeonictidae by Scott (1892); to Ambloctonidae by Hay (1902); to Oxyaenidae by Gunnell (1998); and to Palaeonictinae by Van Valen (1967) and Chester et al. (2010).

Species

A. major, A. priscus, A. sinosus (syn. A. hyaenoides) (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1875	Ambloctonus Cope p. 4
1880	Amblyctonus Cope
1892	Ambloctonus Scott p. 312
1902	Ambloctonus Hay p. 756
1967	Ambloctonus Van Valen
1998	Ambloctonus Gunnell
2010	Ambloctonus Chester et al. p. 227

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
order	Creodonta	()
—	Oxyaenodonta	Van Valen 1971
family	Oxyaenidae
subfamily	Palaeonictinae	Denison 1938
genus	Ambloctonus

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. †Ambloctonus Cope 1875

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†Ambloctonus major Denison 1938

†Ambloctonus priscus Matthew and Granger 1915

†Ambloctonus sinosus Cope 1875

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Invalid names: Ambloctonus hyaenoides Matthew and Granger 1915 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-30 14:43:59

Modified:

2005-08-30 16:43:59

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Gunnell 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	A. hyaenoides (15567) A. major (15479 15662) A. priscus (15689) A. sinosus (15554)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (New Mexico)	A. hyaenoides (15663) A. sp. (15448)