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Taxonomy
Cynodictis temnodon was named by Wortman and Matthew (1899). Its type specimen is AMNH 8753, a mandible (partial left ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vista, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Pseudocynodictis temnodon by Matthew (1918) and Galbreath (1953); it was recombined as Nothocyon temnodon by Matthew (1924); it was recombined as Hesperocyon temnodon by Green (1952); it was recombined as Mesocyon temnodon by Wang (1994) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Pseudocynodictis temnodon by Matthew (1918) and Galbreath (1953); it was recombined as Nothocyon temnodon by Matthew (1924); it was recombined as Hesperocyon temnodon by Green (1952); it was recombined as Mesocyon temnodon by Wang (1994) and Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Cynodictis temnodon Wortman and Matthew |
| 1902 | Cynodictis temnodon Hay p. 771 |
| 1918 | Pseudocynodictis temnodon Matthew |
| 1924 | Nothocyon temnodon Matthew |
| 1952 | Hesperocyon temnodon Green |
| 1953 | Pseudocynodictis temnodon Galbreath |
| 1994 | Mesocyon temnodon Wang p. 49 |
| 2008 | Mesocyon temnodon Wang et al. |
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†Mesocyon temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available