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Pogonodon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Pogonodon was named by Cope (1880). It is not extant. Its type is Hoplophoneus platycopis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dinictis by Adams (1896) and Macdonald (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Deinictis by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus by Matthew (1910).

It was assigned to Nimravinae by Flynn and Galiano (1982), Bryant (1991), Martin (1998), Peigné (2003) and Slater and Van Valkenburgh (2008); and to Nimravidae by Cope (1880), Merriam (1906), Thorpe (1920), Eaton (1922), Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Pogonodon Cope
1906Pogonodon Merriam
1920Pogonodon Thorpe
1922Pogonodon Eaton
1959Pogonodon Toohey
1982Pogonodon Flynn and Galiano p. 53
1991Pogonodon Bryant p. 69
1996Pogonodon Bryant
1998Pogonodon Martin p. 230
2003Pogonodon Peigné
2008Pogonodon Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2016Pogonodon Barrett p. 44

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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
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
genusPogonodonCope 1880

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. †Pogonodon Cope 1880
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Pogonodon davisi Merriam 1906
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Invalid names: Pogonodon eileenae Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Pogonodon serrulidens Eaton 1922 [synonym]
Pogonodon platycopis Cope 1879
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Invalid names: Pogonodon cismontanus Thorpe 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Z. Barrett 2016Sutural contact between the lacrimal and jugal; absence of lateral and medial fossae on the zygomata; zygomata triangular in dorsal view; reduced mastoid with large plate-like paroccipital process; anterior lip of the glenoid socket absent; oblique angle between the braincase, sans sagittal crest, and axial plane of the cranium; posteriorly orientated posterior border of coronoid process; short genial flange, between 22 and 31 % of total dentary length; absence of fossa on ventral face of chin; I3, i1–i3 caniniform; serration density of permanent upper canines per millimeter 2.0–2.7; ratio of height of P3–P4, 0.71 and greater; parastyle absent from P4; P4 protocone well developed with cusp present; M1 transversely elongate, with a prominent protocone widely separated from the paracone, and a posterior extension adjacent to centrocrista, forming a reduced ‘‘t-shape’’; p3 height is as tall or slightly taller than p4; anterior cusp on p4 mesially/distally shorter than the posterior cusp; p4 as tall as or taller than the paraconid of m1; m1 metaconid absent; trigonid proportion of m1 is 77–87%; serrations present on adult minimally worn cheek teeth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:54:36
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:31:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Martin 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Tortonian or 33.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) P. cismontanus (185937)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) Hoplophoneus platycopis (93078)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Dinictis eileenae (17644)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) P. sp. (17481)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) P. sp. (93079)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine P. copei (75800)