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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

Thinocyon cledensis was named by Matthew (1909). Its type locality is Washakie A, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thinocyon velox by Morlo et al. (2000) and Tomiya et al. (2021).
Thinocyon minimus was named by Matthew (1909).

It was synonymized subjectively with Thinocyon mustelinus by Gazin (1976); it was synonymized subjectively with Thinocyon velox by Gunnell (1998).
Thinocyon mustelinus was named by Matthew (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 12635, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thinocyon velox by Gunnell (1998) and Morlo et al. (2000).
Thinocyon wyomingensis was named by Morlo et al. (2000).

It was synonymized subjectively with Thinocyon velox by Morlo et al. (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Thinocyon velox Marsh p. 204
1892	Thinocyon velox Scott p. 321
1902	Thinocyon velox Hay p. 761
1902	Limnocyon velox Wortman p. 202
1909	Thinocyon cledensis Matthew
1909	Thinocyon minimus Matthew
1909	Thinocyon mustelinus Matthew
1909	Thinocyon velox Matthew
1909	Thinocyon mustelinus Matthew p. 461
1976	Thinocyon velox Gazin
1996	Thinocyon velox Polly
1998	Thinocyon velox Gunnell
2000	Thinocyon wyomingensis Morlo et al.
2021	Thinocyon velox Tomiya et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
order	Creodonta	()
order	Hyaenodonta	()
subfamily	Limnocyoninae
genus	Thinocyon
species	velox

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

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2006-04-21 22:33:37

Modified:

2011-04-24 20:46:16

Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Morlo and Gunnell 2005

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Thinocyon cledensis (223507) Thinocyon mustelinus (129895) Thinocyon sp. (16429) Thinocyon velox (16100 16104 16108 16114 16115 16201 type locality: 16228 16276 16277 16284 16306 16309 16441 223458 223473 223474 223482 223508)