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Daphoenodon falkenbachi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Taxonomy
Daphoenodon falkenbachi was named by Hunt (2002). Its type specimen is F:AM 54144, a skeleton (complete skull and associated mandibles), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Eighteen Mile District, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Daphoenodon falkenbachi Hunt, Jr. p. 21

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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
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyAmphicyonidaeHaeckel 1886
subfamilyDaphoeninae
genusDaphoenodon
speciesfalkenbachi

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.

†Daphoenodon falkenbachi Hunt, Jr. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:52:56
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:52:56
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hunt 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Daphoenodon falkenbachi (17796) Daphoenodon sp. (17777 type locality: 17780)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Daphoenodon falkenbachi (17809)