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Osbornodon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Osbornodon Wang p. 106
1998Osbornodon Munthe
2008Osbornodon Wang et al.
2014Osbornodon Welsh

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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
genusOsbornodon

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. †Osbornodon Wang 1994
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†Osbornodon brachypus Cope 1881
†Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994
†Osbornodon iamonensis Sellards 1916
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Invalid names: Cynodesmus nobilis Simpson 1932 [synonym], Paradaphoenus tropicalis White 1942 [synonym]
†Osbornodon renjiei Wang 1994
†Osbornodon scitulus Hay 1924
†Osbornodon sesnoni Macdonald 1967
†Osbornodon wangi Hayes 2000
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) O. renjiei (224881)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) O. renjiei (17101)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Brachyrhynchocyon sesnoni (17438) O. sesnoni (17317)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) O. renjiei (17427)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) O. sesnoni (93078)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) O. wangi (17476)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Canis brachypus (18010)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) O. brachypus (17793)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Mesocyon iamonensis (18537)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) O. iamonensis (17881) O. scitulus (17898)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) O. scitulus (18562)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Paradaphoenus tropicalis (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Tephrocyon scitulus (18626)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) O. fricki (17917 17920 17952 17961 17980 18001) O. iamonensis (17896)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) O. fricki (19472 19509 19572 19616)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) O. fricki (17905 17955 17972)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) O. fricki (19547)