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Sipalocyon gracilis
Taxonomy
Sipalocyon gracilis was named by Ameghino (1887) [Title: Enumeracion sistematica de las especies de mamiferos fosiles coleccionados por Carlos Ameghino en los terrenos eocenos de la Pataconia austral y depositados en el Museo La Plata]. Its type specimen is MACN 647, a mandible (fragment of right mandibular ramus with alveoli of i1-3, root of c, alveoli of p1, p2-m2 complete), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Sipalocyon.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino p. 8 |
1891 | Protoproviverra manzaniana Ameghino p. 26 |
1891 | Perathereutes amputans Ameghino p. 27 |
1891 | Perathereutes obtusus Ameghino p. 27 |
1891 | Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino p. 29 |
1891 | Protoviverra manzaniana Ameghino p. 312 |
1891 | Hathliacynus lynchi Mercerat p. 53 |
1891 | Thylacodictis exilis Mercerat p. 54 |
1892 | Amphiproviverra manzaniana Ameghino |
1894 | Amphiproviverra manzaniana Ameghino p. 133 |
1894 | Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino p. 137 |
1894 | Amphiproviverra minuta Ameghino p. 390 |
1894 | Amphiproviverra crassa Ameghino p. 394 |
1894 | Sipalocyon curtus Ameghino p. 394 |
1894 | Sipalocyon mixtus Ameghino p. 394 |
1894 | Sipalocyon altiramis Ameghino p. 395 |
1894 | Sipalocyon longus Ameghino p. 395 |
1894 | Amphiproviverra manzaniana Lydekker p. 269 |
1978 | Sipalocyon gracilis Marshall |
1981 | Sipalocyon gracilis Marshall |
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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.
†Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Amphiproviverra crassa Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Amphiproviverra minuta Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Hathliacynus lynchi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Perathereutes amputans Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Perathereutes obtusus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Protoproviverra manzaniana Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Protoviverra manzaniana Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Sipalocyon altiramis Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Sipalocyon curtus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Sipalocyon longus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Sipalocyon mixtus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Thylacodictis exilis Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available