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Paracynarctus kelloggi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Tephrocyon kelloggi was named by Merriam (1911). Its type specimen is UCMP 11562, a mandible (lower jaw with dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Virgin Valley, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Virgin Valley Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Tomarctus kelloggi by Matthew (1924), Bode (1935), Henshaw (1942), Green (1948), Shotwell (1968) and Munthe (1988); it was recombined as Cynodesmus kelloggi by Stirton (1940) and Downs (1956); it was recombined as Cynarctus kelloggi by Wang (1994); it was recombined as Paracynarctus kelloggi by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Tephrocyon kelloggi Merriam p. 235 figs. 1 - 7
1924Tomarctus kelloggi Matthew
1935Tomarctus kelloggi Bode
1939Cynodesmus casei Wilson
1940Cynodesmus kelloggi Stirton
1941Tomarctus casei White
1942Tomarctus kelloggi Henshaw
1948Tomarctus kelloggi Green
1956Cynodesmus kelloggi Downs
1968Tomarctus kelloggi Shotwell
1988Tomarctus kelloggi Munthe
1994Cynarctus kelloggi Wang p. 63
1999Paracynarctus kelloggi Wang et al. p. 106
2008Paracynarctus kelloggi Wang et al.

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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
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
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeCynarctina
genusParacynarctus
specieskelloggi()

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.

Paracynarctus kelloggi Merriam 1911
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Invalid names: Cynodesmus casei Wilson 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available