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Osbornodon scitulus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Tephrocyon scitulus was named by Hay (1924). Its type specimen is TMM-TAMU 2380 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garvin Gully, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Oakville Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Tomarctus scitulus by Green (1948); it was synonymized subjectively with Cynodesmus iamonensis by Wilson (1960); it was synonymized subjectively with Osbornodon iamonensis by Wang (1994); it was recombined as Osbornodon scitulus by Wang (2003) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Tephrocyon scitulus Hay p. 3
1948Tomarctus scitulus Green
2003Osbornodon scitulus Wang
2008Osbornodon scitulus 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
genusOsbornodon
speciesscitulus()

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Osbornodon scitulus Hay 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available