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Phlaocyon leucosteus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970143https://www.gbif.org/species/4970143
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50345https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50345
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Phlaocyon : Phlaocyon leucosteus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Phlaocyon : Phlaocyon leucosteus
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
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
superfamilyCanoideaSimpson 1931
familyCanidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyBorophaginaeSimpson 1945
tribePhlaocyoniniWang et al. 1999
genusPhlaocyonMatthew 1899
speciesPhlaocyon leucosteusMatthew 1899
Generic NamePhlaocyon
Scientific NamePhlaocyon leucosteus Matthew, 1899
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phlaocyon leucosteusspeciesbelongs to Phlaocyonstated without evidenceMatthew, 1899
Phlaocyon leucosteusspeciesbelongs to Phlaocyonstated with evidenceWang et al., 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Canidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1899Phlaocyon leucosteus Matthew
1902Phlaocyon leucosteus Hay p. 765
1999Phlaocyon leucosteus Wang et al. p. 79

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Wang X., Tedford R. H., et al (1999) Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243, 1-392
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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