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Taxonomy
Dusicyon avus was named by Burmeister (1866).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1866 | Dusicyon avus Burmeister |
1891 | Canis platensis Mercerat |
1926 | Ducicyon avus Oliver Schneider p. 145 |
2009 | Dusicyon avus Prevosti et al. p. 80 fig. 2 |
2015 | Dusicyon avus Prevosti et al. |
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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.
†Dusicyon avus Burmeister 1866
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Invalid names: Canis platensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | |||||
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Mandible at M1 height | 1 | 22.4 | |||||
Mandible at p4 height | 1 | 21.7 | |||||
Zygomatic height | 1 | 12.7 |
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (27 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Dusicyon avus (232458) | |
Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Dusicyon avus (232453) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Dusicyon avus (71286 71303 71347 142142 202096) | |
Lujanian (interglacial) | Uruguay (Salto) | Dusicyon avus (140159) | |
Lujanian | Uruguay | Dusicyon avus (212685) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande Do Sul) | Dusicyon avus (189982) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (Última Esperanza) | Dusicyon avus (213007) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tierra del Fuego ) | Dusicyon avus (213009) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Dusicyon avus (71336) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina | Dusicyon avus (213470) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile | Dusicyon avus (71341 71342) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Dusicyon avus (59978 124717) | |
Holocene | Chile (Magallanes) | Dusicyon avus (230878 230881 230882 230884) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Río Negro) | Dusicyon avus (230883) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Dusicyon avus (145810 230877) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Dusicyon avus (230879 230880) |