| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Canis gregarius |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Canis gregarius |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Canis |
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| Scientific Name | Canis gregarius (Cope, 1873) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Canis | stated without evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Galecynus | stated without evidence | Cope, 1881 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | subjective synonym of Cynodictis gracilis | stated without evidence | Scott and Osborn, 1887 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Hesperocyon | stated without evidence | Scott, 1890 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Cynodictis | stated without evidence | Scott, 1898 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Cynodictis | stated with evidence | Wortman and Matthew, 1899 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Cynodictis | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Pseudocynodictis | stated without evidence | Schlosser, 1902 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | subjective synonym of Cynodictis angustidens | stated without evidence | Thorpe, 1922 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Cynodictis | stated without evidence | Schlaikjer, 1935 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Pseudocynodictis | stated without evidence | Scott and Jepsen, 1936 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Hesperocyon | stated without evidence | Green, 1952 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Pseudocynodictis | stated without evidence | Galbreath, 1953 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Hesperocyon | stated without evidence | Macdonald, 1970 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Hesperocyon | stated with evidence | Wang, 1994 | | Hesperocyon gregarius | species | belongs to Hesperocyon | stated without evidence | Wang and Tedford, 1996 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 40.4 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore, omnivore (based on Canidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8 |
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| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Cynodictis hylactor Hay, 1899 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Cynodictis hylactor |
| Amphicyon gracilis Leidy, 1856 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Amphicyon gracilis |
| Cynodictis paterculus (Matthew, 1903) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Cynodictis paterculus |
| Nanodelphys mcgrewi (Russell, 1972) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Nanodelphys mcgrewi |
| Alloeodectes mcgrewi (Russell, 1972) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Alloeodectes mcgrewi |
| Peradectes mcgrewi (Russell, 1972) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Peradectes mcgrewi |
| Hesperocyon gregarius (Cope, 1873) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Hesperocyon gregarius |
| Cynodictis gregarius (Cope, 1873) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Cynodictis gregarius |
| Galecynus gregarius (Cope, 1873) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Galecynus gregarius |
| Pseudocynodictis gregarius (Cope, 1873) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Pseudocynodictis gregarius |
| Pseudocynodictis paterculus (Matthew, 1903) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Pseudocynodictis paterculus |
| Hesperocyon paterculus (Matthew, 1903) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Hesperocyon : Hesperocyon paterculus |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1856 | Amphicyon gracilis Leidy p. 90 |
| 1857 | Amphicyon gracilis Leidy p. 90 |
| 1873 | Canis gregarius Cope p. 3 |
| 1881 | Galecynus gregarius Cope |
| 1884 | Galecynus gregarius Cope |
| 1890 | Hesperocyon gregarius Scott |
| 1898 | Cynodictis gregarius Scott |
| 1899 | Cynodictis hylactor Hay |
| 1899 | Cynodictis gregarius Wortman and Matthew p. 130 |
| 1902 | Cynodictis gregarius Hay p. 771 |
| 1902 | Cynodictis hylactor Hay p. 771 |
| 1902 | Pseudocynodictis gregarius Schlosser |
| 1903 | Cynodictis paterculus Matthew p. 209 |
| 1918 | Pseudocynodictis gregarius Matthew |
| 1935 | Cynodictis gregarius Schlaikjer |
| 1936 | Pseudocynodictis gregarius Scott and Jepsen |
| 1937 | Pseudocynodictis paterculus Clark |
| Cope E. D. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains, Paleontological Bulletin 16, 1-8 |
| Leidy J. Notice of remains of extinct Mammalia, discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8, 88-90 |
| Scott W. B. Preliminary Note on the Selenodont Artiodactyls of the Uinta Formation, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 37 157, 73-81 |
| Wortman J. L., Matthew W. D. The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12 6, 109-138 |
| 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. (1903) The fauna of the Titanotherium Beds at Pipestone Springs, Montana, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19 6, 197-226 |
| Matthew W. D. (1918) Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38 7, 183-229 |
| Scott W. B., Jepsen G. L. (1936) The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene: Part I. Insectivora and Carnivora, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28 1, 1-153 doi:10.2307/1005507 |
| Hough J. R. (1948) A systematic revision of Daphoenus and some allied genera, Journal of Paleontology 22 5, 573-600 |
| Galbreath E. C. (1953) A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4, 1-120 |
| Macdonald J. R. (1970) Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota, Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8, 165-82 |
| Russell L. S. (1972) Tertiary Mammals of Saskatchewan. Part II: The Oligocene Fauna, Non-Ungulate Orders, Life Science Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum 84, 1-108 |
| Krishtalka L., Stucky R. K. (1983) Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 3. Marsupialia, Annals of Carnegie Museum 52 9, 205-227 |
| Gustafson E. P. (1986) Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33, 1-66 |
| Wang X. (1994) Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221, 1-207 |
| Wang X., Tedford R. H. (1996) , The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America |
Canis gregarius ✝
