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Phlaocyon latidens

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Galecynus latidens was named by Cope (1881).

It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by Scott (1898); it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by Wortman and Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Peterson (1907), Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Cormocyon latidens by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Phlaocyon latidens by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Galecynus latidens Cope
1898Cynodictis latidens Scott
1899Nothocyon latidens Wortman and Matthew p. 127
1902Nothocyon latidens Hay p. 771
1906Nothocyon latidens Merriam p. 15 figs. Pl. 2, Figs. 6 and 7
1907Nothocyon latidens Matthew
1907Nothocyon latidens Peterson
1922Nothocyon latidens Thorpe
1930Nothocyon latidens Hall and Martin
1963Nothocyon latidens Macdonald
1970Nothocyon latidens Macdonald
1994Cormocyon latidens Wang and Fremd
1999Phlaocyon latidens Wang et al.
2008Phlaocyon latidens Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribePhlaocyonini
genusPhlaocyonMatthew 1899
specieslatidens(Cope 1881)

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.

Phlaocyon latidens Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available