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Taxonomy
Cynodesmus thooides was named by Scott (1893). Its type specimen is YPM-PU 10412, a partial skull (partial skull and partial mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Logan, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Montana.
It was recombined as Mesocyon thooides by Tedford et al. (1987).
It was recombined as Mesocyon thooides by Tedford et al. (1987).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1893 | Cynodesmus thooides Scott p. 660 |
1902 | Cynodesmus thooides Hay p. 773 |
1903 | Mesocyon drummondanus Douglass |
1935 | Daphoenus drummondanus Schlaikjer |
1967 | Sunkahetanka sheffleri Macdonald |
1970 | Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi Macdonald |
1987 | Mesocyon thooides Tedford et al. |
1994 | Cynodesmus thooides Wang p. 62 |
1996 | Cynodesmus thooides Wang and Tedford |
2008 | Cynodesmus thooides Wang et al. |
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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.
†Cynodesmus thooides Scott 1893
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Invalid names: Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Mesocyon drummondanus Douglass 1903 [synonym], Sunkahetanka sheffleri Macdonald 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. B. Scott 1893 | Dentition microdont; deuterocone of rela- tively large; face short and cranium long; small frontal sinuses pres- ent; mandible non-lobate; size medium. |