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Chasmaporthetes

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Chasmaporthetes Hay
1940Ailuraena Stirton and Christian p. 445
1968Chasmaporthetes Kurten p. 68
1977Chasmaporthetes Galiano and Frailey
1980Chasmaporthetes Kurten and Anderson p. 199
1988Chasmaporthetes Carroll
1991Chasmaporthetes Werdelin and Solunias
1997Chasmaporthetes Geraads p. 137
2010Chasmaporthetes Werdelin and Peigne p. 641

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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
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
genusChasmaporthetes

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. †Chasmaporthetes Hay 1921
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†Chasmaporthetes borissiaki Khomenko 1932
†Chasmaporthetes exitelus Kurten and Werdelin 1988
†Chasmaporthetes kani Galiano and Frailey 1977
†Chasmaporthetes lunensis Del Campana 1914
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Invalid names: Ailuraena johnstoni Stirton and Christian 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ailuraena Stirton and Christian 1940 [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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:23:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 13 to the top of the Irvingtonian or 7.24600 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) C. bonisi (32374)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) C. sp. (32189)
MN 13 - MN 147.246 - 4.2China (Gansu) C. sp. (77790)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Euryboas sp. (22221 22222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Euryboas sp. (22174)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Shanxi) C. kani (42273)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Turkey (Ankara) C. kani (34370)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Soria) Euryboas lunensis (40548)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (La Rioja) Euryboas lunensis (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan C. lunensis (34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) C. sp. (115613 115622 115626)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Euryboas silberbergi (21821)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa C. silberbergi, C. nitidula, Euryboas silberbergi (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Tajikistan (Zulfi) C. sp. (34434)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) C. sp. (51476)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) Euryboas lunensis (44231)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) C. ossifragus (19628) C. sp. (19648 19654)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Sonora) C. johnstoni (20322)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) C. ossifragus (19762)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Ailuraena johnstoni (20033) C. johnstoni (20023)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Chihuahua) C. johnstoni (20074)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Michoacan) Hyaenidae indet. (20072)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) C. sp. (19931)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine C. lunensis (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco C. nitidula (32052 32054)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Euryboas lunensis (47100)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Macedonia) C. lunensis (34594)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) C. ossifragus (19758 20384)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) Euryboas lunensis (47131)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France Euryboas lunensis (47129)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) Euryboas lunensis (47150)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Italy (Tuscany) C. lunensis (49254)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Spain (Teruel) C. lunensis (36112)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Shanxi) C. kani (230916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Gansu) C. progressus (190068)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa C. nitidula, Euryboas nitidula (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) Euryboas lunensis (40500)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) C. nitidula (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy C. melei (215273)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa C. nitidula (21825 21828)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) C. ossifragus (19617)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) C. ossifragus (20308 20334)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) C. lunensis (189976)