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Pseudocyon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocyon was named by Lartet (1851) [type European P. sansaniensis]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Canidae by Bourguignat (1875); to Amphicyoninae by Hunt (1998); and to Amphicyonidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Pickford et al. (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Pseudocyon Lartet
1875Pseudocyon Bourguignat
1929Amphicyonopsis Viret
1988Pseudocyon Carroll
1998Pseudocyon Hunt, Jr. p. 214
2000Pseudocyon Pickford et al. p. 260

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyAmphicyoninaeTrouessart 1885
genusPseudocyonLartet 1851

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. †Pseudocyon Lartet 1851
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Pseudocyon caucasicus Gabunia 1973
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Invalid names: Amphicyonopsis Viret 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available