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Amynodon

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Amynodon Marsh
1883Amynodon Scott and Osborn p. 4
1902Amynodon Hay p. 641
1913Amynodon Scott p. 291
1919Amynodon Peterson p. 130
1988Amynodon Carroll
1989Amynodon Prothero and Schoch p. 534
1998Amynodon Wall p. 584
1999Amynodon Holbrook p. 346
2016Amynodon Wang et al.
2018Amynodon Dawson and Constenius p. 54

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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
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyAmynodontidae
genusAmynodon

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. †Amynodon Marsh 1877
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†Amynodon advenus Marsh 1875
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Invalid names: Amynodon erectus Troxell 1921 [synonym], Amynodon intermedius Osborn 1890 [synonym], Orthocynodon antiquus Scott and Osborn 1882 [synonym]
†Amynodon altidens Xu and Chiu 1962
†Amynodon alxaensis Qi 1975
†Amynodon lunanensis Chow 1964
†Amynodon reedi Stock 1939
†Amynodon watanabei Tokunaga 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:05:00
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:05:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wall 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Chattian or 46.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Guangxi) A. sp. (190964)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) A. lunanensis (180768) A. sp., A. altidens (36668)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) A. watanabei (183065)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Japan A. watanabei (183024)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) A. advenus (16528 16650 16651)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) A. reedi (16669 16679) Amynodontidae indet. (16763)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) A. advenus (16542) A. sp. (16614)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Amynodontidae indet. (16585)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) A. advenus (16551)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) A. advenus (16653) A. sp. (16539)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) A. advenus (16512 16520 16523 16648 223472) A. sp. (16507 16511 16556 16557 16559 16560 16562 16569 16571 16580 16582 16630 16645 16649 223455)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) A. advenus (16510 16792) A. intermedius (16541) A. sp. (16526 16544 16590 16791) Rhinocerotoidea indet. (16790)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) A. sp. (222918 222919)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) A. advenus (16589 16607 16654 222805) A. advenus, A. reedi (16646) A. sp. (16656)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) A. reedi (16533)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (16872)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (shaanxi) A. sp. (42749)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) A. alxaensis (174915 180730)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan A. sp. (183070)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Fukuoka) A. sp. (45832)