Oodectes

Oodectes; Temporal range: 53.0–46.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to middle Eocene
	part of lower jaw of; Oodectes herpestoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Oodectes; Wortman, 1901
Type species
	†Oodectes herpestoides; Wortman, 1901
Species
	†O. herpestoides (Wortman, 1901); †O. jepseni (Guthrie, 1967); †O. proximus (Matthew, 1909); †O. pugnax (Wortman & Matthew, 1899);
Synonyms
	synonyms of genus: Oödectes (Wortman, 1901)[misspelling] ; Paeneprolimnocyon (Guthrie, 1967) ; synonyms of species: O. herpestoides: Paeneprolimnocyon amissadomus (Guthrie, 1967) ; Triacodon nanus (Marsh, 1872) ; ; O. jepseni: Miacis jepseni (Guthrie, 1967) ; Paeneprolimnocyon iudei (Guthrie, 1967) ; Prolimnocyon iudei (Guthrie, 1967) ; ; O. pugnax: Uintacyon pugnax (Wortman & Matthew, 1899) ; ;

Oodectes ("egg biter") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.^[9]^[10]

References

^ J. L. Wortman (1901) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206
^ Daniel A. Guthrie (1967.) "The mammalian fauna of the Lysite Member, Wind River Formation (early Eocene) of Wyoming." Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 5:1-53
^ W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
^ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
^ D. A. Guthrie (1967) "Paeneprolimnocyon, a new genus of early Eocene limnocyonid (Mammalia, Creodonta)." Journal of Paleontology 41:1285-1287
^ Giles T. MacIntyre & Daniel A. Guthrie (1979). "Paeneprolimnocyon (Guthrie, 1967), a junior synonym of Oodectes (Wortman, 1901)". Journal of Paleontology. 53 (4): 1034–1036. JSTOR 304127.
^ O. C. Marsh (1872.) "Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II." American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
^ Ronald E. Heinrich (1997.) "Referral of Miacis jepseni Guthrie to Oödectes Wortman, and an assessment of phylogenetic relationships among early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora)" Journal of Paleontology, Volume 71, Issue 6, pp. 1172 - 1178
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521355193

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[1] J. L. Wortman (1901) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206

[2] Daniel A. Guthrie (1967.) "The mammalian fauna of the Lysite Member, Wind River Formation (early Eocene) of Wyoming." Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 5:1-53

[3] W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

[4] J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138

[5] D. A. Guthrie (1967) "Paeneprolimnocyon, a new genus of early Eocene limnocyonid (Mammalia, Creodonta)." Journal of Paleontology 41:1285-1287

[6] Giles T. MacIntyre & Daniel A. Guthrie (1979). "Paeneprolimnocyon (Guthrie, 1967), a junior synonym of Oodectes (Wortman, 1901)". Journal of Paleontology. 53 (4): 1034–1036. JSTOR 304127.

[7] O. C. Marsh (1872.) "Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II." American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224

[8] Ronald E. Heinrich (1997.) "Referral of Miacis jepseni Guthrie to Oödectes Wortman, and an assessment of phylogenetic relationships among early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora)" Journal of Paleontology, Volume 71, Issue 6, pp. 1172 - 1178

[McKenna_&_Bell-9] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[10] J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521355193

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Oodectes Temporal range: 53.0–46.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to middle Eocene

part of lower jaw of Oodectes herpestoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Oodectes Wortman, 1901
Type species
†Oodectes herpestoides Wortman, 1901
Species
†O. herpestoides (Wortman, 1901)^[1] †O. jepseni (Guthrie, 1967)^[2] †O. proximus (Matthew, 1909)^[3] †O. pugnax (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)^[4]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Oödectes (Wortman, 1901)[misspelling] Paeneprolimnocyon (Guthrie, 1967)^[5]^[6] synonyms of species: O. herpestoides: Paeneprolimnocyon amissadomus (Guthrie, 1967) Triacodon nanus (Marsh, 1872)^[7] O. jepseni: Miacis jepseni (Guthrie, 1967)^[8] Paeneprolimnocyon iudei (Guthrie, 1967) Prolimnocyon iudei (Guthrie, 1967) O. pugnax: Uintacyon pugnax (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)