Prototocyon Pohle 1928 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Parent taxon: Vulpini according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Carroll 1988 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Ferrucyon, Metalopex, Otocyon, Urocyon

Subtaxa: Prototocyon recki

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kromdraai - Member 2 (Pliocene of South Africa)

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