Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218
Parent taxon: Canini according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009
See also Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Canina, Eucyon, Sinicuon, Xenocyon
Subtaxa: Atelocynus Cerdocyon Dusicyon Speothos
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (19 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (10), Chile (8), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Peru (1), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences