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Taxonomy
Cuon dubius was named by Teilhard de Chardin (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huiyu, Mentougou, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.
It was recombined as Sinicuon dubius by Qiu et al. (2004) and Wang et al. (2015); it was recombined as Xenocyon dubius by Wang et al. (2008), Mecozzi et al. (2020) and Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov (2022).
It was recombined as Sinicuon dubius by Qiu et al. (2004) and Wang et al. (2015); it was recombined as Xenocyon dubius by Wang et al. (2008), Mecozzi et al. (2020) and Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Cuon dubius Teilhard de Chardin |
| 1941 | Sinicuon peii Kretzoi |
| 2004 | Sinicuon dubius Qiu et al. |
| 2008 | Xenocyon dubius Wang et al. |
| 2015 | Sinicuon dubius Wang et al. |
| 2020 | Xenocyon dubius Mecozzi et al. |
| 2022 | Xenocyon dubius Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov |
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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.
†Sinicuon dubius Teilhard de Chardin 1940
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Invalid names: Sinicuon peii Kretzoi 1941 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | China (Tibet) | Sinicuon dubius (230992) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Beijing) | Cuon dubius (230993) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Gansu) | Sinicuon dubius (190068) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guanxi) | Cuon dubius (230994) |