Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 (dire wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combination: Canis dirus

Synonyms: Aenocyon ayersi Sellards 1916, Canis ayersi Sellards 1916, Canis himalaicus Ogilby 1836, Canis indianensis Leidy 1869, Canis mississippiensis Allen 1876, Canis nehringi Ameghino 1902, Canis primaevus Hodgson 1833, Cuon buansu Gervais 1855, Cuon grayformis Hodgson 1863, Cuon primaevus Hodgson 1833

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89

Belongs to Aenocyon according to F. J. Prevosti 2023

See also Albright et al. 2019, Allen 1876, Alroy 2002, Bourguignat 1875, Elftman 1931, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1949, Hibbard and Taylor 1960, Kurten 1984, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1858, Leidy 1869, Leidy 1873, Lu et al. 2021, Lundelius 1972, Martin 1974, Merriam 1903, Merriam 1912, Merriam 1918, Nowak 1979, Olson 1940, Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022, Sellards 1916, Simpson 1929, Slaughter 1966, Tedford et al. 2009, Troxell 1915 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Stereocyon nehringi

Type specimens:

  • Aenocyon dirus: ANSP 11614, a maxilla. Its type locality is Ohio River at Evansville, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Indiana.
  • Canis ayersi: UF/FGS 280, a skull. Its type locality is Vero, which is in a Pleistocene channel sandstone/sandstone in Florida.
  • Canis himalaicus:
  • Canis indianensis:
  • Canis mississippiensis:
  • Canis nehringi:
  • Canis primaevus:
  • Cuon buansu:
  • Cuon grayformis:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bolivia (1 collection), Chile (1), China (1), France (1), Mexico (5), Peru (3), United States (67: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence

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