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Epicyon saevus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis saevus was named by Leidy (1858) [also said to be 1859]. 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 Aelurodon saevus by Cope (1881), Cope (1883), Scott and Osborn (1890), Cope (1890), Scott (1890), Scott (1890), Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Matthew and Gidley (1904), Cope and Matthew (1915), Troxell (1915), VanderHoof and Gregory (1940), McGrew (1944), Mawby (1964) and Storer (1975); it was recombined as Epicyon saevus by Baskin (1980), Munthe (1989), Voorhies (1990), Baskin (1998), Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Canis saevus Leidy p. 21
1873Canis saevus Leidy p. 230
1881Aelurodon saevus Cope p. 387
1883Aelurodon saevus Cope
1890Aelurodon saevus Cope
1890Aelurodon saevus Scott
1890Aelurodon saevus Scott and Osborn p. 66 fig. 1
1899Aelurodon saevus Matthew
1902Aelurodon saevus Hay p. 774
1904Aelurodon saevus Matthew and Gidley p. 250 fig. 3
1915Aelurodon saevus Cope and Matthew
1915Aelurodon saevus Troxell
1940Aelurodon inflatus VanderHoof and Gregory
1940Aelurodon saevus VanderHoof and Gregory
1944Aelurodon saevus McGrew
1964Aelurodon saevus Mawby
1975Aelurodon saevus Storer
1980Epicyon inflatus Baskin
1980Epicyon saevus Baskin
1989Epicyon saevus Munthe
1990Epicyon saevus Voorhies
1998Epicyon saevus Baskin
1999Epicyon saevus Wang et al.
2008Epicyon saevus Wang et al.

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeBorophagina
genusEpicyon()
speciessaevus()

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.

†Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Aelurodon inflatus VanderHoof and Gregory 1940 [synonym]
†Aelurodon saevus secundus Matthew and Cook 1909
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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
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Epicyon saevus (18861)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Aelurodon saevus (18758 18761 18769 18773 18785 18797)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Epicyon saevus (19535)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Canis saevus (190543)
Barstovian - Hemphillian16.3 - 4.9Mexico (Baja California Sur) Aelurodon inflatus (18731)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Aelurodon inflatus (18063) Epicyon saevus (18200)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Epicyon saevus (19383 19384 189022) Osteoborus diabloensis (19391)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Aelurodon haydeni (18888) Epicyon saevus (18987 19035) Osteoborus diabloensis (18835)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Epicyon saevus (18244 18355)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Epicyon saevus (19093)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Aelurodon sp. (18222) Epicyon haydeni (18233) Epicyon saevus (18024 18042 18059 18095 18118 18135 18171 18196 18202 18214 18221 18227 18245 18246 18251 18299 18301 18309 18335 18336 18374 18378 18398 18446 18447 18458 18468 18496 188779)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) Epicyon sp. (19528)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Aelurodon saevus (18554)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Epicyon saevus (18066 18327)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Texas) Epicyon saevus (18358)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Epicyon saevus (18069 18134 18256 18295)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (South Dakota) Epicyon saevus (18087 18352)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (California) Epicyon saevus (19552)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Epicyon mortifer (18034) Epicyon saevus (18293)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Epicyon saevus (19095)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Epicyon saevus (18033 18258 18323 18431)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Osteoborus sp. (18970)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Epicyon saevus (18072 18308)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Osteoborus diabloensis (19551)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Epicyon saevus (18560)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Epicyon saevus (18415)