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Amphicynodontinae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Amphicynodontinae Simpson p. 110
1994Amphicynodontidae Tedford et al. p. 12
1998Amphicynodontinae Hunt, Jr. p. 178
2019Amphicynodontidae Bonis et al.
2019Amphicynodontidae de Bonis 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
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
subfamilyAmphicynodontinae
subfamilyAmphicynodontinae

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. †Amphicynodontinae Simpson 1945
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G. †Amphicynodon Filhol 1881
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Amphicynodon cephalogalinus Teilhard 1915
Amphicynodon chardini Cirot and de Bonis 1992
Amphicynodon gracilis Filhol 1874
Amphicynodon palustris Aymard 1850
Amphicynodon rossignoli Filhol 1882
Amphicynodon speciosus Fafiot 1882
Amphicynodon teilhardi Matthew and Granger 1924
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Invalid names: Cynodictis mongoliensis Janovskaja 1970 [synonym]
Amphicynodon typicus Schlosser 1888
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Invalid names: Plesiocyon dubius Trouessart 1898 [synonym]
Amphicynodon velaunus Aymard 1846
Invalid names: Amphicynodon aymardi Filhol 1883 [nomen nudum], Amphicynodon musteloides Schlosser 1902 [nomen nudum], Amphicynodon wortmani Schlosser 1902 [nomen nudum], Cynodon Aymard 1848 [synonym]
G. †Drassonax Galbreath 1953
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Drassonax harpagops Galbreath 1953
G. †Kolponomos Stirton 1960
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Kolponomos clallamensis Stirton 1960
Kolponomos newportensis Tedford et al. 1994
G. †Pachycynodon Schlosser 1887
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Pachycynodon boriei Filhol 1876
Pachycynodon crassirostris Schlosser 1888
Pachycynodon dubius Filhol 1882
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Invalid names: Pachycynodon vulpinus Schlosser 1899 [synonym]
Pachycynodon filholi Schlosser 1888
Pachycynodon obtusus Dehm 1935
Pachycynodon tenuis Teilhard 1915
Invalid names: Paracynodon Schlosser 1899 [synonym]
G. †Parictis Scott 1893
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Parictis gilpini Clark and Guensburg 1972
Parictis major Clark and Guensburg 1972
Parictis montanus Clark and Guensburg 1972
Parictis parvus Clark and Beerbower 1967
Parictis personi Chaffee 1954
Parictis primaevus Scott 1893
Invalid names: Campylocynodon Chaffee 1954 [synonym], Parietis Scott 1893 [objective synonym]
G. †Proplesictis Filhol 1881
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Proplesictis aymardi Filhol 1881
G. †Wangictis de Bonis et al. 2019
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Wangictis tedfordi Wang and Qiu 2003
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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Burdigalian or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Parictis parvus (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Parictis gilpini (16958 17040) Parictis sp. (17014)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Parictis montanus (16946 16988)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Campylocynodon personi (16907) Daphoenus sp. (17045) Parictis gilpini (16933 16998 17024) Parictis sp. (16961 16962 16963 16964) Subparictis parvus (16960)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Parictis gilpini, Parictis parvus (16885) Parictis major (17006)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Drassonax harpagops (17082)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Parictis gilpini (17147)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cynodictis gracilis (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Amphicynodon sp., Amphicynodon teilhardi (180961 201191) Amphicynodon teilhardi (53978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Auvergne Region) Amphicynodon velaunus, Cynodon palustris, Proplesictis aymardi (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Pachycynodon teilhardi (53979)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Amphicynodon sp. (174759) Amphicynodon sp., Pachycynodon tedfordi (175386)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Cynodictis brachyrostris (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Pachycynodon sp., Amphicynodon sp. 2, Pachycynodon boriei, Pachycynodon crassirostris, Amphicynodon typicus, Pachycynodon dubius, Pachycynodon filholi (167537) Pachycynodon sp., Pachycynodon boriei, Pachycynodon crassirostris (167513)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Pachycynodon sp. (179142) Pachycynodon sp. 1 (179140)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France Amphicynodon leptorhynchus, Pachycynodon borei (183452)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Amphicynodon leptorhynchus, Amphicynodon typicus (36711) Amphicynodon typicus (36709)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Amphicynodon sp. (65088)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France Amphicynodon chardini (231273)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia Amphicynodon sp. (75588)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany Pachycynodon obtusus (183664)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Washington) Kolponomos clallamensis (45481)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Alaska) Kolponomos sp. (67659)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) Pachycynodon boriei (186636)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Kolponomos newportensis (58993)