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Taxonomy
Hesperocyoninae was named by Tedford (1978) [also (incorrectly) attributed to L. D. Martin 1989]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Canidae by Wang (1994), Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008), Wang and Tedford (2008), Welsh (2014) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Canidae by Wang (1994), Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008), Wang and Tedford (2008), Welsh (2014) and Korth et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1978 | Hesperocyoninae Tedford |
1994 | Hesperocyoninae Wang p. 23 |
1999 | Hesperocyoninae Wang et al. p. 21 |
2008 | Hesperocyoninae Wang et al. |
2014 | Hesperocyoninae Welsh |
2022 | Hesperocyoninae Korth et al. |
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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.
Subfm. †Hesperocyoninae Tedford 1978
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G. †Cynodesmus Scott 1893
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†Cynodesmus martini Wang 1994
†Cynodesmus thooides Scott 1893
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Invalid names: Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Mesocyon drummondanus Douglass 1903 [synonym], Sunkahetanka sheffleri Macdonald 1967 [synonym]
G. †Ectopocynus Wang 1994
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†Ectopocynus antiquus Wang 1994
†Ectopocynus intermedius Wang 1994
†Ectopocynus simplicidens Wang 1994
G. †Enhydrocyon Cope 1879
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†Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope 1879
†Enhydrocyon crassidens Matthew 1907
†Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Macdonald 1963
Invalid names: Hyaenocyon Cope 1879 [synonym], Hyaenocyon sectorius Cope 1883 [nomen vanum]
G. †Hesperocyon Scott 1890
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†Hesperocyon coloradensis Wang 1994
†Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Amphicyon gracilis Leidy 1856 [synonym], Cynodictis hylactor Hay 1899 [synonym], Cynodictis paterculus Matthew 1903 [synonym], Nanodelphys mcgrewi Russell 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alloeodectes Russell 1984 [synonym], Pseudocynodictis Schlosser 1902 [synonym]
G. †Mesocyon Scott 1890
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†Mesocyon coryphaeus Cope 1879
†Mesocyon temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899
Invalid names: Hypotemnodon Eyerman 1894 [synonym], Mesocyon josephi secundus Thorpe 1922 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Osbornodon Wang 1994
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†Osbornodon brachypus Cope 1881
†Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994
†Osbornodon iamonensis Sellards 1916
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Invalid names: Cynodesmus nobilis Simpson 1932 [synonym], Paradaphoenus tropicalis White 1942 [synonym]
†Osbornodon renjiei Wang 1994
†Osbornodon scitulus Hay 1924
†Osbornodon sesnoni Macdonald 1967
†Osbornodon wangi Hayes 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 46.20000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (282 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Peradectes mcgrewi (16626) | |
Duchesnean | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hesperocyon sp. (16845) | |
Duchesnean - Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Hesperocyon sp. (16840) | |
Chadronian | USA (South Dakota) | Hesperocyon gregarius (17006 17007) | |
Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Cynodictis paterculus (16898) Hesperocyon gregarius (16891 16896 16932 16943 16974 16998 17017 17022 17024 17044) Hesperocyon paterculus (16960 16962 16963 16964 16965 16966) Hesperocyon sp. (16952 16961) Pseudocynodictis paterculus (16920) Pseudocynodictis sp. (16986) | |
Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hesperocyon gregarius (16919) | |
Chadronian | USA (Texas) | Hesperocyon wilsoni (16888) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Pseudocynodictis paterculus (16977) | |
Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Hesperocyon gregarius (16918 16985 16995 17003 17025 17038) Hesperocyon sp. (16917 16930 16940 16941 17014 17033) Pseudocynodictis paterculus (16929) | |
Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | Hesperocyon gregarius (16991 17042) | |
Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Hesperocyon gregarius (16959 16988 16997 17028 230861) Hesperocyon paterculus (16924 16925 16944 17010) Hesperocyon sp. (16927 16990 17041) | |
Late/Upper Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Hesperocyon gregarius (17027) | |
Middle Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hesperocyon sp. (16928) | |
Middle Chadronian - Late/Upper Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Hesperocyon gregarius (156988) | |
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Hesperocyon gregarius (230806) | |
Orellan | USA (Montana) | Hesperocyon gregarius (17074 17090 17138) Hesperocyon sp. (17109) | |
Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | Cynodictis gregarius (17117) Hesperocyon gregarius (17054 17073 17087 17099 17104 17106 17118 17123 17126 17149 17167 17172 17185 17193 17194 17196 17303) | |
Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Pseudocynodictis gregarius (17081) Pseudocynodictis gregarius, Pseudocynodictis lippincottianus (17082) Pseudocynodictis lippincottianus (17083) | |
Orellan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hesperocyon gregarius (17111) | |
Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Cynodictis paterculus (17096) Hesperocyon gregarius (17046 17047 17048 17049 17050 17052 17062 17080 17098 17107 17108 17112 17114 17135 17155 17159 17164 17168 17176 17177 17201 17203 17204 17205 17206 17207 17211 17212 17216 17220 17221 17231 17232 17235 17237 17241 17247 17248 17257 17260 17265 17271 17273 17286 17287 17289 17290 17292) | |
Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Cynodictis gregarius (17092 17094) Hesperocyon gregarius (17143 17162 17169 17181 17192 163487) Hesperocyon sp. (17084 17102 17173 17174 17187 17188 17189 17190) Mesocyon temnodon (17097) Osbornodon renjiei (224881) | |
Orellan | USA (North Dakota) | Hesperocyon gregarius (17125 17128 17139 17301) Hesperocyon gregarius, Osbornodon renjiei (17101) Hesperocyon sp. (17100) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Oregon) | Enhydrocyon prolatus (17349) | |
Whitneyan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hesperocyon sp. (17372) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Wyoming) | Mesocyon temnodon (17335) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Nebraska) | Cynodesmus thooides (17323) Hesperocyon gregarius (17310 17325 17368 17374 17405) Mesocyon temnodon (17322 17333 17365) Osbornodon renjiei (17427) | |
Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Brachyrhynchocyon sesnoni (17438) Cynodesmus thooides (17343 17429 17431) Cynodesmus thooides, Ectopocynus antiquus (17339) Cynodesmus thooides, Mesocyon temnodon (17315 17342) Hesperocyon gregarius, Mesocyon temnodon (17344) Hesperocyon sp. (17336 17337 17338 17384) Mesocyon temnodon (17309 17314 17356 17367 17379) Osbornodon sesnoni (17317) Sunkahetanka sheffleri (17345) | |
Whitneyan | USA (North Dakota) | Hesperocyon gregarius (17432) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Colorado) | Pseudocynodictis temnodon (17426) | |
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hesperocyon sp. (17306) | |
Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean | USA (California) | Mesocyon baileyi (17527) | |
Geringian | USA (South Dakota) | Brachyrhynchocyon douglasi, Mesocyon robustus, Sunkahetanka geringensis (17630) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17638) Mesocyon robustus (17642) Mesocyon robustus, Sunkahetanka geringensis (17635) Philotrox condoni (17592 17618) Sunkahetanka geringensis (17611 17644) Sunkahetanka geringensis, Enhydrocyon crassidens (17636) Sunkahetanka geringensis, Mesocyon robustus (17634) Sunkahetanka geringensis, Mesocyon robustus, Sunkahetanka geringensis (17641) Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa (17637) | |
Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | Cynodesmus thooides (17486) | |
Geringian | USA (Oregon) | Enhydrocyon stenocephalus, Mesocyon brachyops, Philotrox condoni (17537) Mesocyon brachyops, Mesocyon coryphaeus, Osbornodon sesnoni, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (93078) Paraenhydrocyon josephi, Enhydrocyon oregonensis (17508) | |
Arikareean | USA (Wyoming) | Caedocyon tedfordi, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17493) Ectopocynus antiquus, Ectopocynus intermedius, Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Philotrox condoni (17532) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17472 17667) Hesperocyon sp. (17492) Mesocyon hortulirosae (17466) Mesocyon temnodon, Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17703) Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17536) | |
Arikareean | USA (Montana) | Cynodesmus thooides (17509) Mesocyon drummondanus (17540) | |
Arikareean | USA (Florida) | Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Osbornodon wangi (17476) | |
Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | Canis gregarius, Enhydrocyon basilatus, Enhydrocyon stenocephalus (180202) | |
Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | Cynodesmus martini, Mesocyon geringensis (17598) Enhydrocyon sp. (17514 17515 17719) | |
Arikareean | USA (California) | Mesocyon sp. (17497) | |
Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | Cynodesmus thooides (17483 17579) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17447) Enhydrocyon geringensis (17605) | |
late Late Arikareean | USA (California) | Mesocyon sp. (167848) | |
late Late Arikareean | USA (Wyoming) | Canis brachypus (18010) | |
Chattian | USA (Oregon) | Enhydrocyon sp., Mesocyon brachyops, Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (93079) Mesocyon brachyops, Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (17603) | |
Monroecreekian | USA (Washington) | Enhydrocyon sp., Parenhydrocyon josephi (119838) | |
Monroecreekian | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (17547 17554 17564 17723) | |
Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | Enhydrocyon basilatus (17801) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17813) Enhydrocyon crassidens, Paraenhydrocyon josephi, Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (17794 17815) Osbornodon brachypus (17793) Paraenhydrocyon josephi (17811) Paraenhydrocyon robustus (17812) Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus (17788 17833) | |
Harrisonian | USA (Texas) | Enhydrocyon venator (17774) | |
Harrisonian | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (17455 17743) Mesocyon robustus (17451) | |
Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Mesocyon temnodon (17704) Mesocyon venator (17846) Temnocyon sp. (17819) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Florida) | Mesocyon iamonensis (18537) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Oregon) | Mesocyon socialis (17925) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Osbornodon scitulus (18562) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Ectopocynus simplicidens (17865 17891 18021) Osbornodon iamonensis (17881) Osbornodon scitulus (17898) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Paradaphoenus tropicalis (18597) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Osbornodon fricki (17917 17920 17952 17961 17980 18001) Osbornodon iamonensis (17896) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Texas) | Tephrocyon scitulus (18626) | |
Barstovian | USA (California) | Osbornodon fricki (19472 19509 19572 19616) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (New Mexico) | Osbornodon fricki (19547) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Osbornodon fricki (17905 17955 17972) |