Arctocyonidae

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Arctocyonidae
Fossil range: Early Paleocene to Early Eocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Condylarthra
Family: Arctocyonidae
Giebel, 1855

Arctocyonidae Giebel, 1855, is an extinct family of mammals. Included genera like Arctocyon, Arctocyonides, Loxolophus, Chriacus, etc.


Subfamilies and Genera:
Incertae sedis

  • Arctocyonides Lemoine, 1891
    • Arctocyonides weigelti Lemoine, 1891
  • Carcinodon Scotti, 1892
    • Carcinodon aquilonius
  • Chriacus (syn. Epichriacus, Metachriacus, Spanoxyodon, Tricentes)
    • Chriacus badgleyi
    • Chriacus badwini
    • Chriacus calenancus
    • Chriacus gallinae
    • Chriacus katrinae
    • Chriacus metocometi
    • Chriacus oconostotae
    • Chriacus pelvidens
    • Chriacus punitor
  • Deuterogonodon
  • Heteroborus
  • Hyodectes
  • Lambertocyon
  • Landenodon
  • Mentoclaenodon
  • Mimotricentes
  • Oxytomodon
  • Paratriisodon
  • Princetonia
  • Prothryptacodon (syn. Pantinomia)
  • Thryptacodon
  • Loxolophinae
    • Baioconodon (syn. Ragnarok)
    • Loxolophus (syn. Paradoxodon, Paradoxodonta, Protochriacus, Protogonodon)
  • Arctocyoninae
    • Anacodon Cope,1882
      • Anacodon cultridens Matthew,1915
      • Anacodon nexus Gazin,1956
      • Anacodon ursidens Cope,1882
    • Arctocyon Blainville, 1841 (syn. Claenodon, Neoclaenodon)
      • Arctocyon corrugatus (Cope,1883)
      • Arctocyon ferox
      • Arctocyon latidens
      • Arctocyon montanensis
      • Arctocyon mumak
    • Colpoclaenus Patterson & McGrew,1962
      • Colpoclaenus keeferi
      • Colpoclaenus procyonoides

[edit] References

  • Arctocyonidae, in The Palaeobiology Database. ([1])
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