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Arctoidea
Taxonomy
Arctoidea was named by Flower (1869). It is extant.
It was reranked as the infraorder Arctoidea by Kohno et al. (1995), Kohno (1996), Koretsky (2001), Zhai et al. (2003) and Labs Hochstein (2007); it was reranked as the unranked clade Arctoidea by Hunt (2001), Hunt (2002), Hunt (2002) and Tomiya (2011).
It was assigned to Carnivora by Flower (1883), Barnes (1987), Barnes (1988), Carroll (1988), Barnes (1989), Barnes (1992), Kohno (1996), Hunt (2001), Hunt (2002) and Hunt (2002); to Caniformia by Tedford (1976), Bryant (1991), Wang and Tedford (1992), Tedford et al. (1994), Kohno et al. (1995), Koretsky (2001), Zhai et al. (2003), Wang et al. (2005), Owen (2006), Peigné et al. (2006), Labs Hochstein (2007) and Robles et al. (2010); and to Canoidea by Tomiya (2011).
It was reranked as the infraorder Arctoidea by Kohno et al. (1995), Kohno (1996), Koretsky (2001), Zhai et al. (2003) and Labs Hochstein (2007); it was reranked as the unranked clade Arctoidea by Hunt (2001), Hunt (2002), Hunt (2002) and Tomiya (2011).
It was assigned to Carnivora by Flower (1883), Barnes (1987), Barnes (1988), Carroll (1988), Barnes (1989), Barnes (1992), Kohno (1996), Hunt (2001), Hunt (2002) and Hunt (2002); to Caniformia by Tedford (1976), Bryant (1991), Wang and Tedford (1992), Tedford et al. (1994), Kohno et al. (1995), Koretsky (2001), Zhai et al. (2003), Wang et al. (2005), Owen (2006), Peigné et al. (2006), Labs Hochstein (2007) and Robles et al. (2010); and to Canoidea by Tomiya (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Arctoidea Flower p. 15 |
| 1883 | Arctoidea Flower p. 186 |
| 1976 | Arctoidea Tedford p. 372 |
| 1987 | Arctoidea Barnes p. 3 |
| 1988 | Arctoidea Barnes p. 2 |
| 1988 | Arctoidea Carroll |
| 1989 | Arctoidea Barnes p. 3 |
| 1991 | Arctoidea Bryant p. 60 |
| 1992 | Arctoidea Barnes p. 3 |
| 1992 | Arctoidea Wang and Tedford p. 225 |
| 1994 | Arctoidea Tedford et al. p. 12 |
| 1995 | Arctoidea Kohno et al. p. 113 |
| 1996 | Arctoidea Kohno p. 389 |
| 2001 | Arctoidea Hunt, Jr. p. 3 |
| 2001 | Arctoidea Koretsky p. 85 |
| 2002 | Arctoidea Hunt, Jr. p. 9 |
| 2003 | Arctoidea Zhai et al. p. 294 |
| 2005 | Arctoidea Wang et al. p. 6 |
| 2006 | Arctoidea Owen p. 1002 |
| 2006 | Arctoidea Peigné et al. p. 788 |
| 2007 | Arctoidea Labs Hochstein p. 532 |
| 2010 | Arctoidea Robles et al. p. 550 |
| 2011 | Arctoidea Tomiya p. 2 |
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