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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).
It was recombined as Ferrucyon avius by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1981 | Cerdocyon avius Torres and Ferrusquia p. 82 |
2008 | Cerdocyon avius Wang et al. |
2009 | Cerdocyon avius Tedford et al. p. 82 |
2020 | Ferrucyon avius Ruiz-Ramoni et al. |
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†Ferrucyon avius Torres and Ferrusquia 1981
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Torres and Ferrusquia 1981 | Cerdocyon? 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. 2009 | Cerdocyon? 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. |