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Oxyprimus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Oxyprimus was named by Van Valen (1978) [status called into question by Lofgren 1995]. It is not extant. Its type is Oxyprimus erikseni.

It was assigned to Hyopsodontidae by Van Valen (1978), Archibald (1998) and Zack et al. (2005); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); and to Arctocyonidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Tabuce et al. (2011) and Atteberry and Eberle (2021).

Species
O. erikseni (type species), O. galadrielae, O. putorius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Oxyprimus Van Valen
1998Oxyprimus Archibald
2004Oxyprimus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 495, 514 fig. 13.28E
2005Oxyprimus Zack et al.
2007Oxyprimus Wible et al.
2011Oxyprimus Tabuce et al. p. 152
2021Oxyprimus Atteberry and Eberle

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusOxyprimus

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. †Oxyprimus Van Valen 1978
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†Oxyprimus erikseni Van Valen 1978
†Oxyprimus galadrielae Van Valen 1978
†Oxyprimus putorius Van Valen 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Ti1 or 66.00000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) O. erikseni (14660 14671 14696 14698 14699 14702 14741 14742 14743 14749 14751 14754 14767 14773 14776 14777 14780 14784 14785 14786 14788 14798 193844 231045) O. sp. (14665 14673 14809) O. sp., O. erikseni (14705)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) O. galadrielae (14804) O. galadrielae, O. putorius (14808) O. sp. (14710 174233) O. sp., O. galadrielae (14796)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) O. galadrielae (14658) O. sp. (176863)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) O. erikseni (14756)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) O. sp. (14939)