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Cormocyon

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Cormocyon Carroll
1992Cormocyon Wang and Tedford p. 225
1999Cormocyon Wang et al. p. 85
2008Cormocyon Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
genusCormocyon

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. †Cormocyon Wang and Tedford 1992
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Cormocyon copei Wang and Tedford 1992
Cormocyon haydeni Wang et al. 1999
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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Geringian to the top of the Harrisonian or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian41.03 - 27.3Mexico (Oaxaca) C. sp. (166797)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Oregon) C. copei (17537 93078)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) C. copei (17474)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Nothocyon geismarianus (17610)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) C. haydeni (17472)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (17452)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Florida) C. copei (17764)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) C. copei (17603 93079)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (Washington) C. copei (119837 119838)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) C. haydeni (17794)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) C. haydeni (17819)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) C. haydeni (17779)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Colorado) C. copei (18902 19091)