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Carcinodon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4826578https://www.gbif.org/species/4826578
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42202https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42202
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Arctocyonidae : Carcinodon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusCarcinodonScott 1892
Scientific NameCarcinodon Scott, 1892
Name Published InProc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1892
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Carcinodongenusbelongs to Arctocyonidaestated without evidenceScott, 1892
Carcinodongenusbelongs to Uintacyonidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Carcinodongenussubjective synonym of Oxyclaenusstated without evidenceVan Valen, 1978
Carcinodongenusbelongs to Arctocyonidaestated without evidenceJohnston and Fox, 1984
Carcinodongenusbelongs to Arctocyonidaestated with evidenceTabuce et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Arctocyonidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. B. Scott. 1892. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44:291-323

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Carcinodon aquilonius
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Carcinodon olearyi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Chriacus antiquus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1892Carcinodon Scott
1902Carcinodon Hay p. 762
1984Carcinodon Johnston and Fox
1998Carcinodon Archibald
2011Carcinodon Tabuce et al. p. 152

References

Scott W. B. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44, 291-323
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Johnston P. A., Fox R. C. (1984) Paleocene and Late Cretaceous Mammals from Saskatchewan, Canada, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 186, 163-222
Archibald J. D. (1998) Archaic ungulates ("Condylarthra"), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 292-331
Tabuce R., Clavel J., et al (2011) A structural intermediate between triisodontids and mesonychians (Mammalia, Acreodi) from the earliest Eocene of Portugal, Naturwissenschaften 98, 145-155
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1892 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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