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Paraenhydrocyon josephi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Temnocyon josephi was named by Cope (1881) [type is from somewhere in the "John Day beds of the John Day region"; name provided, but no description]. Its type specimen is AMNH 6878, a partial skull (anterior half of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mesocyon josephi by Scott (1890), Hay (1902), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Loomis (1936), Hough (1948), Stevens (1991) and Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Hypotemnodon josephi by Wortman and Matthew (1899); it was recombined as Paraenhydrocyon josephi by Wang (1994), Fremd (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008); it was misspelled as Parenhydrocyon josephi by Strganac (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Temnocyon josephi Cope p. 179
1890Mesocyon josephi Scott
1899Hypotemnodon josephi Wortman and Matthew p. 130
1902Mesocyon josephi Hay p. 773
1906Mesocyon josephi Merriam p. 19
1907Mesocyon josephi Matthew
1935Mesocyon hortulirosae Schlaikjer
1936Mesocyon josephi Loomis p. 49
1948Mesocyon josephi Hough
1991Mesocyon josephi Stevens
1994Paraenhydrocyon josephi Fremd
1994Paraenhydrocyon josephi Wang p. 135
1994Mesocyon josephi Wang and Fremd
1996Paraenhydrocyon josephi Wang and Tedford
2008Paraenhydrocyon josephi Wang et al.
2011Parenhydrocyon josephi Strganac p. 17

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusParaenhydrocyon
speciesjosephi()

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.

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Invalid names: Mesocyon hortulirosae Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available