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Pseudocyonopsis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Pseudocyonopsis was named by Kuss (1965) [MittelgroBe Amphicyoniden mit vollstandiger Zahnformel. Pramolaren schon ± verkleinert und durch Lucken getrennt, PI-P3 ohne Hinterzacken. MI von Cynodictis-artigem Geprage durch kurzes, hohes Paraconid, ebensolches Protoconid und relativ kurzes Talonid; Langsfurche des Talonides vor dem terminalen Rand gegabelt, wodurch Andeutungen eines Hypoconulides sichtbar werden. M2 mit weitgehend bis vollig reduziertern Entoconid, bei Formen des Aquitaniums mit Pseudocyonartigem UmriB.].

It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pseudocyonopsis Kuss p. 139
1988Pseudocyonopsis Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
subfamilyAmphicyonidae
genusPseudocyonopsis

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. †Pseudocyonopsis Kuss 1965
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Pseudocyonopsis ambiguus Ginsburg 1965
Pseudocyonopsis antiquus Ginsburg 1966
Pseudocyonopsis quercensis Ginsburg 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available