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Taxonomy
Hesperocyon was named by Scott (1890). It is not extant. Its type is Prohesperocyon wilsoni.
It was considered a nomen nudum by Matthew (1918).
It was assigned to Canidae by Scott (1890), Gustafson (1986), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1993) and Lofgren et al. (2020); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996), Wang et al. (2008) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was considered a nomen nudum by Matthew (1918).
It was assigned to Canidae by Scott (1890), Gustafson (1986), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1993) and Lofgren et al. (2020); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996), Wang et al. (2008) and Korth et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Hesperocyon Scott |
| 1902 | Pseudocynodictis Schlosser p. 164 |
| 1911 | Pseudocynodictis Schlosser |
| 1984 | Alloeodectes Russell |
| 1986 | Hesperocyon Gustafson |
| 1988 | Hesperocyon Carroll |
| 1993 | Hesperocyon Bryant |
| 1994 | Hesperocyon Wang p. 24 |
| 1996 | Hesperocyon Wang and Tedford |
| 2008 | Hesperocyon Wang et al. |
| 2020 | Hesperocyon Lofgren et al. |
| 2022 | Hesperocyon Korth et al. |
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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.
G. †Hesperocyon Scott 1890
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†Hesperocyon coloradensis Wang 1994
†Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Amphicyon gracilis Leidy 1856 [synonym], Cynodictis hylactor Hay 1899 [synonym], Cynodictis paterculus Matthew 1903 [synonym], Nanodelphys mcgrewi Russell 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alloeodectes Russell 1984 [synonym], Pseudocynodictis Schlosser 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available