Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: †Leptocyon
Species: L. delicatus - L. douglassi - L. gregorii - L. leidyi - L. matthewi - L. mollis - L. tejonensis - L. vafer - L. vulpinus
[species after Tedford, Wang & Taylor (2009: 14)]
Name
†Leptocyon Matthew, 1918
Synonyms
* †Neocynodesmus Macdonald, 1963
Type species
* Neocynodesmus Macdonald: Pachycynodon delicatus Loomis, 1932, by original designation
References
sources
* Macdonald, J.R. 1963: The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (125)
* Tedford, R.H.; Wang, X.; Taylor, B.E. 2009: Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (325) doi: 10.1206/574.1
links
* ION search for Leptocyon
* ION search for Neocynodesmus [name missing! Stho002 05:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)]
* Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Leptocyon [name missing! Stho002 05:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)]
* Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Neocynodesmus [name missing! Stho002 05:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)]
