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Dipsalodon

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Dipsalodon was named by Jepsen (1930). It is not extant. Its type is Dipsalodon matthewi.

It was assigned to Palaeonictinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Oxyaenidae by Jepsen (1930) and Gunnell (1998).

Species
D. churchillorum, D. matthewi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Dipsalodon Jepsen
1967Dipsalodon Van Valen
1998Dipsalodon Gunnell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
genusDipsalodon

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. †Dipsalodon Jepsen 1930
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†Dipsalodon matthewi Jepsen 1930
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 61.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) D. churchillorum (15056 15068 53059 190472)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) D. matthewi (15086 15119) D. matthewi, D. sp. (15092) D. sp., D. matthewi (15126)