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Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Temnocyon wallovianus was named by Cope (1881) [type is from the "John Day Bad Lands" and possibly from the Turtle Cove Member based on matrix coloration]. Its type specimen is AMNH 6858, a partial skull (rostral part of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Enhydrocyon wallovianus by Loomis (1936); it was recombined as Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Temnocyon wallovianus Cope
1899Temnocyon wallovianus Wortman and Matthew p. 130
1902Temnocyon wallovianus Hay p. 773
1909Temnocyon venator Cook
1936Enhydrocyon venator Loomis p. 49
1936Enhydrocyon wallovianus Loomis p. 49
1958Temnocyon venator Olsen
1963Temnocyon venator Macdonald
1963Temnocyon wallovianus Macdonald
1991Mesocyon venator Stevens
1994Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus Wang p. 129
1996Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus Wang and Tedford
2008Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus 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
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusParaenhydrocyon
specieswallovianus(Cope 1881)

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: Temnocyon venator Cook 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available