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Hemicyon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Hemicyon was named by Lartet (1851) [type a European species]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Canidae by Bourguignat (1875); to Hemicyoninae by Frick (1926) and Astibia et al. (2000); and to Ursidae by Lartet (1851), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Hemicyon Lartet
1875Hemicyon Bourguignat
1926Hemicyon Frick p. 51
1988Hemicyon Carroll
2000Hemicyon Astibia et al.
2010Hemicyon Werdelin and Peigne p. 614

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHemicyoninae
genusHemicyonLartet 1851

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. †Hemicyon Lartet 1851
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Hemicyon barbouri Colbert 1941
Hemicyon goriachensis Toula 1884
Hemicyon grivensis Frick 1926
Hemicyon mayorali Astibia et al. 2000
Hemicyon minor Dépéret 1887
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Hemicyon statzlingii Frick 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:31:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Serravallian or 20.00000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France H. vincenti (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) H. hareni (48069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Zaragoza) H. sansaniensis (40716)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Valencia) H. sansaniensis (40031)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France H. gargan (187579) H. sansaniensis (187580)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) H. spp. (68040)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France H. gargan, H. stehlini (142146)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) H. stehlini (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) H. stehlini (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) H. stehlini (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) H. stehlini (69116)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) H. sansaniensis (148396)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) H. stehlini (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) H. sansaniensis (68547)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Bosnia and Herzegovina H. goeriachensis (198251)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) H. sansaniensis (32191)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) H. sp., H. gargan, H. stehlini, H. sansaniensis (142149)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) H. sansaniensis (31775)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) H. sansaniensis (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia H. goeriachensis (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain H. sp. (70806)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) H. barbouri (18229)