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Taxonomy
Canis temerarius was named by Leidy (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
It was recombined as Tephrocyon temerarius by Matthew and Cook (1909), Peterson (1910), Merriam (1913), Matthew (1918) and Merriam (1919); it was recombined as Tomarctus temerarius by Matthew (1924), Green (1948), Galbreath (1953), Downs (1956), Sutton (1977), Voorhies (1990) and Munthe (1998); it was recombined as Paratomarctus temerarius by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Tephrocyon temerarius by Matthew and Cook (1909), Peterson (1910), Merriam (1913), Matthew (1918) and Merriam (1919); it was recombined as Tomarctus temerarius by Matthew (1924), Green (1948), Galbreath (1953), Downs (1956), Sutton (1977), Voorhies (1990) and Munthe (1998); it was recombined as Paratomarctus temerarius by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Canis temerarius Leidy p. 21 |
| 1893 | Canis anceps Scott p. 660 |
| 1902 | Canis anceps Hay p. 775 |
| 1902 | Canis temerarius Hay p. 776 |
| 1909 | Tephrocyon temerarius Matthew and Cook |
| 1910 | Tephrocyon temerarius Peterson |
| 1913 | Tephrocyon temerarius Merriam |
| 1918 | Tephrocyon temerarius Matthew |
| 1919 | Tephrocyon temerarius Merriam |
| 1924 | Tomarctus temerarius Matthew |
| 1948 | Tomarctus temerarius Green |
| 1953 | Tomarctus temerarius Galbreath |
| 1956 | Tomarctus temerarius Downs |
| 1977 | Tomarctus temerarius Sutton |
| 1990 | Tomarctus temerarius Voorhies |
| 1998 | Tomarctus temerarius Munthe |
| 1999 | Paratomarctus temerarius Wang et al. |
| 2008 | Paratomarctus temerarius 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.
†Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Canis anceps Scott 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available