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Limnocyon medius

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Limnocyon medius was named by Wortman (1902).

It was recombined as Thinocyon medius by Matthew (1909), Thorpe (1923), Denison (1938), Gazin (1976), Polly (1996) and Gunnell (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Limnocyon medius Wortman p. 204–205
1909Thinocyon medius Matthew
1923Thinocyon medius Thorpe
1938Thinocyon medius Denison
1976Thinocyon medius Gazin
1996Thinocyon medius Polly
1998Thinocyon medius Gunnell
2000Thinocyon submedius Morlo 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusLimnocyon
speciesmedius

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.

†Limnocyon medius Wortman 1902
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Invalid names: Thinocyon submedius Morlo et al. 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2006-04-21 22:34:14
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:44:12
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Morlo and Gunnell 2005

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Thinocyon medius (16236 202165 223456)