†Lycaon sekowei Hartstone-Rose et al. 2010 (canid)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: A. Hartstone-Rose, L. Werdelin, D. J. Ruiter, L. R. Berger, and S. E. Churchill. 2010. The Plio-Pleistocene ancestor of wild dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):299-308
Belongs to Lycaon according to A. Hartstone-Rose et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Lycaon magnus, Lycaon pictus
Type specimen: CD/8280, 8281, 8285 (maxillary sections containing right P1-M2 and left P2, P4, M1, M2). Its type locality is Coopers Cave, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial breccia in South Africa.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Coopers Cave
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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