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Cynodon typicus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Plesiocyon typicus was named by Schlosser (1888). Its type specimen is UP PC46, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pech Crabet, which is in a MP 23 terrestrial phosphorite in France.

It was recombined as Cynodon typicus by Teilhard (1915); it was recombined as Amphicynodon typicus by Cirot and de Bonis (1992), Bonis et al. (2019) and de Bonis et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Plesiocyon typicus Schlosser
1898Plesiocyon dubius Trouessart
1915Cynodon typicus Teilhard
1992Amphicynodon typicus Cirot and de Bonis
2019Amphicynodon typicus Bonis et al.
2019Amphicynodon typicus de Bonis 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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAmphicynodontinae
genusCynodonFilhol 1881
speciestypicus(Schlosser 1888)

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.

Cynodon typicus Schlosser 1888
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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: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:31:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available