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Dipsalidictis

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Dipsalidictis was named by Matthew and Granger (1915). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyaena by Denison (1938), Van Valen (1966), Van Valen (1967), Gingerich (1980) and Rose (1981).

It was assigned to Oxyaenidae by Matthew and Granger (1915), Gingerich (1989), Gunnell (1998) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Dipsalidictis Matthew and Granger
1938Dipsalidictides Denison
1967Dipsalidictides Van Valen
1989Dipsalidictis Gingerich
1998Dipsalidictis Gunnell
2012Dipsalidictis Rose et al. p. 60

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
genusDipsalidictis

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. †Dipsalidictis Matthew and Granger 1915
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Dipsalidictis aequidens Matthew and Granger 1915
Dipsalidictis krausei Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
Dipsalidictis platypus Matthew and Granger 1915
Dipsalidictis transiens Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Dipsalidictis amplus Jepsen 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dipsalidictides Denison 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available