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Cynotherium

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Cynotherium was named by Studiati (1857). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Canina by Wang et al. (2008); and to Canidae by Studiati (1857), Madurell-Malapeira et al. (2015) and Zoboli and Pillola (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cynotherium Studiati
2008Cynotherium Wang et al.
2015Cynotherium Madurell-Malapeira et al.
2017Cynotherium Zoboli and Pillola p. 248

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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()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
genusCynotheriumStudiati 1857

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. †Cynotherium Studiati 1857
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†Cynotherium malatestai Madurell-Malapeira et al. 2015
†Cynotherium sardous Studiati 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) C. sp., C. sardous (94327)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy C. malatestai (194929)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy C. sardous (215273)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) C. sardous (92675)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) C. sp. (51482)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) C. sardous (69062)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) C. sp. (51483 51504 51551)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France (Corsica) C. sardous (94331)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France C. sardous (215276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) C. sardous (51553 226836) C. sp. (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Southern Sardinia) C. sardous (214506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) C. sardus (215362)