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Aelurodon taxoides ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5936109https://www.gbif.org/species/5936109
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43778https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43778
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Aelurodon : Aelurodon taxoides
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Aelurodon : Aelurodon taxoides
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
tribeBorophaginiSimpson 1945
subtribeAelurodontinaWang et al. 1999
genusAelurodonLeidy 1858
speciesAelurodon taxoidesHatcher 1894
Generic NameAelurodon
Scientific NameAelurodon taxoides Hatcher, 1894
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aelurodon taxoidesspeciesbelongs to Aelurodonstated without evidenceHatcher, 1894
Aelurodon taxoidesspeciesbelongs to Aelurodonstated with evidenceWang et al., 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aelurodon taxoides magnus
subspecies		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aelurodon taxoides taxoides
subspecies		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Euoplocyon magnus Matthew, 1924GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Aelurodon : Euoplocyon magnus
Tomarctus propter Cook & Macdonald, 1962GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Aelurodon : Tomarctus propter

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher
1902Aelurodon taxoides Hay p. 774
1924Euoplocyon magnus Matthew
1962Tomarctus propter Cook and Macdonald
1999Aelurodon taxoides Wang et al. p. 193
2004Aelurodon taxoides Wang et al. p. 451
2019Aelurodon taxoides May

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
Matthew W. D. (1924) Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50, 59-210
Cook H. J., Macdonald J. R. (1962) New Carnivora from the Miocene and Pliocene of Western Nebraska, Journal of Paleontology 36 3, 560-567
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
Wang X., Wideman B. C., et al (2004) A new species of Aelurodon (Carnivora, Canidae) from the Barstovian of Montana, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 2, 445-452
May S. R. (2019) The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA, Palaeontologia Electronica 22.1.15, 1-129 doi:10.26879/929
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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