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Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	318454	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=318454

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
family	Amphicyonidae	Haeckel 1886
subfamily	Daphoeninae	Hunt 1998
genus	Daphoenodon	Peterson 1909
subgenus	Daphoenodon (Borocyon)
species	Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum	species	belongs to Borocyon	stated without evidence	Peterson, 1910
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum	species	belongs to Daphoenodon	stated without evidence	Hunt, 1971
Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum	species	belongs to Daphoenodon (Borocyon)	stated with evidence	Hunt, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Amphicyonidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. A. Peterson. 1910. Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4(5):205-278

References

Peterson O. A. (1910) Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4 5, 205-278

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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