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Carcinodon aquilonius

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Carcinodon aquilonius was named by Russell (1974). Its type locality is Pine Cree Park, which is in a Danian terrestrial sandstone in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyprimus albertensis by Van Valen (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Carcinodon aquilonius Russell
1984Carcinodon aquilonius Johnston and Fox

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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
genusCarcinodon
speciesaquilonius

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.

†Carcinodon aquilonius Russell 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available