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Ferrucyon avius

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Cerdocyon avius was named by Torres and Ferrusquia (1981). Its type specimen is IGM 2903, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rancho Algodones, which is in a Blancan marginal marine sandstone in the Refugio Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Ferrucyon avius by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Cerdocyon avius Torres and Ferrusquia p. 82
2008Cerdocyon avius Wang et al.
2009Cerdocyon avius Tedford et al. p. 82
2020Ferrucyon avius Ruiz-Ramoni et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeVulpiniHemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
genusFerrucyon
speciesavius(Torres and Ferrusquia 1981)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ferrucyon avius Torres and Ferrusquia 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Torres and Ferrusquia 1981Cerdocyon? avius is distinguished from C. texanus by its single- rooted p1; smaller dentition set in longer and deeper horizontal ramus; slightly better defined subangular lobe; m1 with more reduced metaconid, lack of crest connecting talonid cusps; and absence of an entoconulid.
R. H. Tedford et al. 2009Cerdocyon? avius is distinguished from C. texanus by its single- rooted p1; smaller dentition set in longer and deeper horizontal ramus; slightly better defined subangular lobe; m1 with more reduced metaconid, lack of crest connecting talonid cusps; and absence of an entoconulid.