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Cynarctoides lemur

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis lemur was named by Cope (1879).

It was recombined as Galecynus lemur by Cope (1881); it was recombined as Cynodictis lemur by Scott (1898); it was recombined as Nothocyon lemur by Matthew (1899), Wortman and Matthew (1899), Wortman and Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963), Macdonald (1970) and Munthe (1998); it was recombined as Cormocyon lemur by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Cynarctoides lemur by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Canis lemur Cope p. 2
1881Galecynus lemur Cope
1898Cynodictis lemur Scott
1899Nothocyon lemur Matthew
1899Nothocyon lemur Wortman and Matthew
1902Nothocyon lemur Hay p. 772
1906Nothocyon lemur Merriam p. 14 figs. Pl. 2, FIgs 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8
1907Nothocyon lemur Matthew
1922Nothocyon lemur Thorpe
1930Nothocyon lemur Hall and Martin
1963Nothocyon lemur Macdonald
1970Nothocyon lemur Macdonald
1994Cormocyon lemur Wang and Fremd
1998Nothocyon lemur Munthe
1999Cynarctoides lemur Wang et al.
2008Cynarctoides lemur Wang 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()
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
tribePhlaocyonini
genusCynarctoides
specieslemur()

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.

Cynarctoides lemur Cope 1879
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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: 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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Geringian or 28.10000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Nothocyon lemur (17635 17641)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) Cynarctoides lemur (17508 93078)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (South Dakota) Nothocyon lemur (17517)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) Cynarctoides lemur (17764)