Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonym: Macrocyon chapalmalensis Frenguelli 1929
Belongs to Canis according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Prevosti 2023
Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Lupulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei, Thos terblanchei
Type specimens:
- Canis gezi: MACN-Pv5120, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Wilde, which is in an Ensenadan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Macrocyon chapalmalensis: Its type locality is Arroyo las Brusquitas (unknown age), which is in a Chapadmalalan/Ensenadan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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