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Borophagus orc

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Osteoborus orc was named by Webb (1969). Its type specimen is UF 13180, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Withlacoochee River Site 4A, which is in a Hemphillian pond claystone in Florida.

It was recombined as Borophagus orc by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008) and Tseng and Geisler (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Osteoborus orc Webb
1999Borophagus orc Wang et al.
2008Borophagus orc Wang et al.
2016Borophagus orc Tseng and Geisler p. 2 figs. Table 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyBorophaginae
genusBorophagus
speciesorc()

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.

Borophagus orc Webb 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:34:14
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:34:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Hemphillian or 5.33300 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Osteoborus orc (18564 type locality: 18601)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Borophagus orc (52582)