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Phlaocyon annectens

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Nothocyon annectens was named by Peterson (1907). Its type specimen is CM 1602, a partial skull (the upper and lower jaws, the dentition being complete with the exception of the lower incisors), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Phlaocyon annectens by Vanderhill (1980), Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Nothocyon annectens Peterson
1923Phlaocyon willistoni Peterson p. 300
1928Bassariscops willistoni Peterson
1979Bassariscops willistoni Frailey
1980Phlaocyon annectens Vanderhill
1999Phlaocyon annectens Wang et al.
2008Phlaocyon annectens Wang 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
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
speciesannectens()

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 annectens Peterson 1907
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Invalid names: Phlaocyon willistoni Peterson 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available