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Thinocyon velox

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Thinocyon velox was named by Marsh (1872) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Limnocyon velox by Wortman (1902).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Thinocyon velox Marsh p. 204
1892Thinocyon velox Scott p. 321
1902Thinocyon velox Hay p. 761
1902Limnocyon velox Wortman p. 202
1909Thinocyon cledensis Matthew
1909Thinocyon minimus Matthew
1909Thinocyon mustelinus Matthew
1909Thinocyon velox Matthew
1909Thinocyon mustelinus Matthew p. 461
1976Thinocyon velox Gazin
1996Thinocyon velox Polly
1998Thinocyon velox Gunnell
2000Thinocyon wyomingensis Morlo et al.
2021Thinocyon velox Tomiya 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
subfamilyLimnocyoninae
genusThinocyon
speciesvelox

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.

Thinocyon velox Marsh 1872
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Invalid names: Thinocyon cledensis Matthew 1909 [synonym], Thinocyon minimus Matthew 1909 [synonym], Thinocyon mustelinus Matthew 1909 [synonym], Thinocyon wyomingensis Morlo et al. 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available