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Taxonomy
Mesocyon was named by Scott (1890). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Enhydrocyon by Swisher (1982).
It was assigned to Caninae by Hay (1902); to Canidae by Scott (1890), Carroll (1988), Stevens (1991); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang (1994), Wang et al. (2008), Wang and Tedford (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Enhydrocyon by Swisher (1982).
It was assigned to Caninae by Hay (1902); to Canidae by Scott (1890), Carroll (1988), Stevens (1991); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang (1994), Wang et al. (2008), Wang and Tedford (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Mesocyon Scott |
| 1894 | Hypotemnodon Eyerman |
| 1899 | Hypotemnodon Wortman and Matthew p. 130 |
| 1902 | Mesocyon Hay p. 773 |
| 1988 | Mesocyon Carroll |
| 1991 | Mesocyon Stevens |
| 1994 | Mesocyon Wang p. 41 |
| 2008 | Mesocyon Wang and Tedford |
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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. †Mesocyon Scott 1890
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†Mesocyon coryphaeus Cope 1879
†Mesocyon temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899
Invalid names: Hypotemnodon Eyerman 1894 [synonym], Mesocyon josephi secundus Thorpe 1922 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available