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Cynodesmus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Cynodesmus Scott
1902Cynodesmus Hay p. 773
1988Cynodesmus Carroll
1994Cynodesmus Wang p. 61
2008Cynodesmus Wang et al.

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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
familyCanidae
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusCynodesmus

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. †Cynodesmus Scott 1893
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†Cynodesmus martini Wang 1994
†Cynodesmus thooides Scott 1893
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Invalid names: Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Mesocyon drummondanus Douglass 1903 [synonym], Sunkahetanka sheffleri Macdonald 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Geringian or 33.30000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) C. thooides (17323)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) C. thooides (17315 17339 17342 17343 17429 17431) Sunkahetanka sheffleri (17345)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi (17630)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) C. thooides (17486)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) C. thooides (17483 17579)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) C. martini (17598)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) C. thooides (17509) Mesocyon drummondanus (17540)