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Taxonomy
Aelurodon ferox was named by Leidy (1858) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
It was synonymized subjectively with Aelurodon saevus by Cope (1881), Scott and Osborn (1890) and Matthew and Gidley (1904); it was considered a nomen dubium by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940) and McGrew (1944).
It was synonymized subjectively with Aelurodon saevus by Cope (1881), Scott and Osborn (1890) and Matthew and Gidley (1904); it was considered a nomen dubium by VanderHoof and Gregory (1940) and McGrew (1944).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Aelurodon ferox Leidy p. 22 |
| 1877 | Canis wheelerianus Cope |
| 1881 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Cope p. 388 |
| 1890 | Prohyaena wheelerianus Schlosser |
| 1890 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Scott and Osborn p. 66 |
| 1902 | Aelurodon ferox Hay p. 773 |
| 1902 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Hay p. 774 |
| 1904 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Matthew and Gidley p. 250 figs. 3, 4 |
| 1915 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Cope and Matthew |
| 1917 | Aelurodon platyrhinus Barbour and Cook |
| 1922 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Thorpe |
| 1922 | Tephrocyon marshi Thorpe |
| 1930 | Aelurodon ferox Matthew and Stirton |
| 1930 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Matthew and Stirton |
| 1940 | Aelurodon marshi VanderHoof and Gregory |
| 1942 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Henshaw |
| 1980 | Aelurodon ferox Baskin |
| 1980 | Aelurodon wheelerianus Baskin |
| 1986 | Aelurodon ferox Evander |
| 1999 | Aelurodon ferox Wang et al. p. 182 |
| 2004 | Aelurodon ferox Wang et al. p. 451 |
| 2008 | Aelurodon ferox Wang 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.
†Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Aelurodon platyrhinus Barbour and Cook 1917 [synonym], Canis wheelerianus Cope 1877 [synonym], Tephrocyon marshi Thorpe 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available