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Mesocyon robustus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9490201https://www.gbif.org/species/9490201
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)49825https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=49825
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Paraenhydrocyon : Mesocyon robustus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Paraenhydrocyon : Mesocyon robustus
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
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusParaenhydrocyonWang 1994
speciesMesocyon robustusMatthew 1907
Generic NameMesocyon
Scientific NameMesocyon robustus (Matthew, 1907)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paraenhydrocyon robustusspeciesbelongs to Mesocyonstated without evidenceMatthew, 1907
Paraenhydrocyon robustusspeciesbelongs to Enhydrocyonstated without evidenceSwisher, 1982
Paraenhydrocyon robustusspeciesbelongs to Paraenhydrocyonstated with evidenceWang, 1994
Paraenhydrocyon robustusspeciesbelongs to Paraenhydrocyonstated without evidenceWang and Tedford, 1996
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Canidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Enhydrocyon robustus (Matthew, 1907)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Paraenhydrocyon : Enhydrocyon robustus
Paraenhydrocyon robustus (Matthew, 1907)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Paraenhydrocyon : Paraenhydrocyon robustus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1907Mesocyon robustus Matthew
1982Enhydrocyon robustus Swisher, III
1994Paraenhydrocyon robustus Wang p. 141
1996Paraenhydrocyon robustus Wang and Tedford

References

Matthew W. D. (1907) A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23 9, 169-219
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
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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