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3 unusual facts about Xiaoming Wang


Cynarctoides acridens

Under subsequent study, it was recombined as Cynarctoides acridens by P. O. McGrew in 1938 followed by Galbreath in 1956, J. Munthe in 1988, and Xiaoming Wang in 1999.

Osbornodon iamonensis

It was recombined as Cynodesmus iamonensis by Simpson (1932), Olsen (1956) and Wilson (1960); it was recombined as Osbornodon iamonensis by Xiaoming Wang (1994), X. Wang and Richard H. Tedford (1996) and Hayes (2000).

Richard H. Tedford

Tedford was one of the foremost authorities on the evolution of Carnivores and had been working, often with Prof. Xiaoming Wang, on the fossil history of the Canidae establishing the basis on the evolutionary relationship of canids over the past one hundred years.


Borophagus dudleyi

In 1987, Richard H. Tedford returned its original name and Xiaoming Wang along with Richard H. Tedford and Beryl E. Taylor concurred in a 1999 examination.

Cynarctoides harlowi

It was recombined as Nothocyon harlowi by Macdonald (1963); it was recombined as Cynarctoides harlowi by Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford et al. (1999).

Cynarctoides roii

It was recombined as Cormocyon roii by Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford (1992) and Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Cynarctoides roii by Wang et al. (1999).

Phlaocyon latidens

It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by Scott (1898); it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by Matthew (1899), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Peterson (1907), Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Cormocyon latidens by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Phlaocyon latidens by Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford, et al. (1999).


see also

Coelodonta thibetana

It was first named by Tao Deng, Xiaoming Wang, Mikael Fortelius, Qiang Li, Yang Wang, Zhijie J. Tseng, Gary T. Takeuchi, Joel E. Saylor, Laura K. Säilä and Guangpu Xie in 2011.