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Ambloctonus

Osteichthyes - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy

Ambloctonus was named by Cope (1875). Its type is Ambloctonus sinosus. It is the type genus of Amblyctonidae.

It was assigned to Hyaenodontidae by Cope (1875); to Creodonta by Cope (1875); to Amblyctonidae by Cope (1880), Cope (1880); to Palaeonictidae by Scott (1892); to Ambloctonidae by Hay (1902); to Oxyaenidae by Gunnell (1998); and to Palaeonictinae by Van Valen (1967), Chester et al. (2010).

Species

A. major, A. priscus, A. sinosus (syn. A. hyaenoides) (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1875	Ambloctonus Cope p. 4
1880	Amblyctonus Cope
1892	Ambloctonus Scott p. 312
1902	Ambloctonus Hay p. 756
1967	Ambloctonus Van Valen
1998	Ambloctonus Gunnell
2010	Ambloctonus Chester et al. p. 227

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	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	()
—	Pancarnivora
—	Oxyaenodonta	Van Valen 1971
family	Oxyaenidae
subfamily	Palaeonictinae	Denison 1938
genus	Ambloctonus

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. †Ambloctonus Cope 1875

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†Ambloctonus major Denison 1938

†Ambloctonus priscus Matthew and Granger 1915

†Ambloctonus sinosus Cope 1875

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Invalid names: Ambloctonus hyaenoides Matthew and Granger 1915 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-30 14:43:59

Modified:

2005-08-30 16:43:59

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	56.0 - 51.1	USA (New Mexico)	A. hyaenoides (15663) A. sp. (15448)
Wasatchian	56.0 - 51.1	USA (Wyoming)	A. hyaenoides (15567) A. major (15479 15662) A. priscus (15689) A. sinosus (15554)