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Dipsalidictis transiens

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Oxyaena transiens was named by Matthew and Granger (1915).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxyaena gulo by Van Valen (1966); it was recombined as Dipsalidictis transiens by Gingerich (1989), Gunnell and Gingerich (1991) and Gunnell (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Oxyaena transiens Matthew and Granger
1930Dipsalidictis amplus Jepsen
1938Dipsalidictides amplus Denison
1979Dipsalidictides amplus Bown
1989Dipsalidictis transiens Gingerich
1991Dipsalidictis transiens Gunnell and Gingerich
1998Dipsalidictis transiens Gunnell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
genusDipsalidictis
speciestransiens()

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.

†Dipsalidictis transiens Matthew and Granger 1915
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Invalid names: Dipsalidictis amplus Jepsen 1930 [synonym]
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 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Oxyaena transiens (15092)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Dipsalidictis transiens (15590 15734 15735 15749 15750 15754 15755 15761 15788 46659 46691 46780 46786) Oxyaena sp. (15468 15504 15756) Oxyaena transiens (15491)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Utah) Oxyaena transiens (15718)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Oxyaena sp. (15480 15485 15887)