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Borhyaena

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Boryhyaena Ameghino p. 8
1891Conodonictis Ameghino p. 28
1891Dynamictis Ameghino p. 28
1894Borhyaena Ameghino p. 116
1894Conodonictis Ameghino p. 121
1902Pseudoborhyaena Ameghino p. 126
1978Borhyaena Marshall
1994Borhyaena de Muizon
1997Boryhyaena McKenna and Bell
1999Borhyaena de Muizon p. 507
2007Borhyaena Goin 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
Borhyaenidae()
subfamilyBorhyaeninaeAmeghino 1894
genusBorhyaena(Ameghino 1887)

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.

G. †Borhyaena Ameghino 1887
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Borhyaena macrodonta Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Pseudoborhyaena longaeva Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Borhyaena tuberata Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Acrocyon patagonensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Arctodictis australis Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena fera Ameghinor 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena sanguinaria Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Borhyaena zitteli Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Conodonictis exterminator Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Conodonictis rapax Cabrera 1927 [synonym], Conodonictis saeva Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conodonictis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Dynamictis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Pseudoborhyaena Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 23.31 kgs
Minimum body mass: 23.31 kgs
Body mass estimate: 23.31 kg
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: s = species, subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Goin 1997

Age range: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 21.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) B. macrodonta (236575)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) B. macrodonta (176436) Pseudoborhyaena macrodonta, Pseudoborhyaena longaeva (141368)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. tuberata (142529 142533 176563 176565 176566 176570 176576 176578 176582 176585 176587 176593 176596 176602 176636 210638 210786) B. zitteli, B. tuberata (27313)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) B. tuberata (139845)