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Uintacyon

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Uintacyon was named by Leidy (1873) [also said to be 1871 and 1872]. Its type is Uintacyon edax. It is the type genus of Uintacyonidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Miacis by Scott (1892).

It was assigned to Uintacyonidae by Hay (1902); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Miacinae by Hooker (1986); to Carnivora by Leidy (1873) and Silcox et al. (2010); to Miacidae by Flynn (1998), Friscia and Rasmussen (2010) and Rose et al. (2012); and to Carnivoraformes by Solé (2014) and Solé et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Uintacyon Leidy p. 118
1902Uintacyon Hay p. 759
1982Uintacyon Flynn and Galiano p. 50
1986Uintacyon Hooker p. 336
1998Uintacyon Flynn
2010Uintacyon Friscia and Rasmussen p. 60
2010Uintacyon Silcox et al.
2012Uintacyon Rose et al.
2014Uintacyon Solé
2016Uintacyon Solé et al.

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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()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusUintacyon

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. †Uintacyon Leidy 1873
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Uintacyon acutus Thorpe 1923
Uintacyon asodes Gazin 1952
Uintacyon gingerichi Heinrich et al. 2008
Uintacyon hookeri Solé 2014
Uintacyon jugulans Matthew 1909
Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: more arboreal than the scansorial Prolimnocyon and "most closely" similar to "arboreal carnivorans" (Gebo and Rose 1993); primarily a carnivore, secondarily an insectivore and/or herbivore (Friscia and Rasmussen 2010)g
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:29
Modified: 2011-05-12 19:30:44
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Uintan or 56.00000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) U. rudis (80579)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) U. rudis (15084 15085 15102 15106 15107 15114 15156 15163 15186 15191 15198 15207)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) U. hookeri (35533 35535 35540)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) U. rudis (38868)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) U. sp. (15719)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) U. asodes (15538 15542 15548 15551 15553 15554 15555 15556 15557 15558 15559 15560 15564 15565 15576 15662 15710) U. massetericus (15491 15493 15507 15510 15512 15514 15515 15520 15522 15729 15756) U. rudis (15573 15586 15587 15589 15590 15694 46648 46657 46690 46692 46780 46843) U. sp., U. massetericus (15964)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) U. asodes (15327) U. massetericus (15286 15350)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) U. massetericus (15441)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) U. gingerichi (154254 154255 154259 154260 154262 154271 154276)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) U. hookeri (84997)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) U. hookeri (179143)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) U. asodes (16240)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) U. jugulans (16235 223461 223477) U. sp. (15837)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) U. acutus (16606)