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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4826584	https://www.gbif.org/species/4826584
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42902	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42902

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Oxyclaenidae : Oxyclaenus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Acreodi : Oxyclaenus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Acreodi	Matthew 1909
genus	Oxyclaenus	Cope 1884

Scientific Name

Oxyclaenus Cope, 1884

Name Published In

Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Oxyclaenus	genus	belongs to Oxyclaenidae	stated with evidence	Scott, 1892
Oxyclaenus	genus	belongs to Oxyclaenidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Oxyclaenus	genus	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	Archibald, 1998
Oxyclaenus	genus	belongs to Oxyclaenidae	stated without evidence	Eberle, 2003
Oxyclaenus	genus	belongs to Acreodi	stated with evidence	Tabuce et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Acreodi)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chriacus pugnax ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	63.3 Ma Paleocene
Mioclaenus cuspidatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Oxyclaenus corax ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Oxyclaenus subbituminus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Triisodon assurgens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1884	Oxyclaenus Cope
1892	Oxyclaenus Scott p. 295
1892	Microclaenodon Scott p. 302
1902	Oxyclaenus Hay p. 744
1902	Microclaenodon Hay p. 748
1966	Microclaenodon Szalay and Gould p. 156

Year	Name and Author
1978	Thangorodrim Van Valen
1997	Microclaenodon McKenna and Bell p. 366
1998	Microclaenodon Archibald
1998	Oxyclaenus Archibald p. 316
2003	Oxyclaenus Eberle p. 152
2011	Oxyclaenus Tabuce et al. p. 152

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Scott W. B. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44, 291-323

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Szalay F. S., Gould S. J. (1966) Asiatic Mesonychidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132 2, 129-173

Van Valen L. M. (1978) The beginning of the Age of Mammals, Evolutionary Theory 4, 45-80

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Archibald J. D. (1998) Archaic ungulates ("Condylarthra"), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 292-331

Eberle J. J. (2003) Puercan mammalian systematics and biostratigraphy in the Denver Formation, Denver Basin, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Geology 38 1, 143-169

Tabuce R., Clavel J., et al (2011) A structural intermediate between triisodontids and mesonychians (Mammalia, Acreodi) from the earliest Eocene of Portugal, Naturwissenschaften 98, 145-155

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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