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Oxyaena gulo

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Oxyaena gulo Matthew and Granger

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyOxyaeninaeTrouessart 1885
genusOxyaenaCope 1874
speciesgulo

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.

†Oxyaena gulo Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:49:37
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:49:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gebo and Rose 1993, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Oxyaena sp. (38868)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Oxyaena gulo (15425)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Oxyaena gulo (15505 15507 15509 15510 15512 15513 15516 15589 15592 15594 15683 15728 15741 15743 15754 15779 15793 15796 15943 46636 46646 46672 46674 46690 46726 46771 46778 46780 46781 46786 46792 46793 46797 46803 46807 46812 46834 46841)