Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Taxonomy
Aelurodon johnhenryi was named by White (1947). Its type specimen is MCZ 4059, a mandible (right mandible with C, P2 to M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
It was recombined as Hemicyon (Phoberocyon) johnhenryi by Tedford and Frailey (1976); it was recombined as Phoberocyon johnhenryi by Hunt (1998).
It was recombined as Hemicyon (Phoberocyon) johnhenryi by Tedford and Frailey (1976); it was recombined as Phoberocyon johnhenryi by Hunt (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
1947 | Aelurodon johnhenryi White p. 503 |
1976 | Hemicyon (Phoberocyon) johnhenryi Tedford and Frailey p. 3 |
1998 | Phoberocyon johnhenryi Hunt, Jr. p. 181 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Phoberocyon johnhenryi White 1947
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
---|---|---|
R. H. Tedford and D. Frailey 1976 | Relativelyunreduced,nar- referredramusaresmallerandmoreslenderthan rowpremolarswithwell-developedposterior thoseoftheholotype(table1).Thealveolusfor
acrossmetaconidequaltoorslightlyexceeded talonidofM1oftheholotypehasasmallento- bywidthoftrigonidofM2;narrowtalonidson conid,whereasthatofthereferredspecimenhas M1andM2withlargehypoconidsandshallow twoequal-sizedbutsmallcuspsinthepositionof basins;smallparaconidpresentonM2;proto- theentoconid.Theprotoconidandmetaconidof conidofM2higherthanmetaconid;mandible M2areloweronthereferredspecimenthanthese slender. |