Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Canis lycaonoides, Lycaon lycaonoides
Invalid subtaxa: Canis gigas Kretzoi 1938 [replaced name], Cuon dubius stehlini Thenius 1954, Cuon rosi Pons-Moyá and Moyá-Solá 1978, Cuon stehlini Thenius 1954, Xenocyon gigas Kretzoi 1941, Xenocyon spelaeoides Kretzoi 1942
Belongs to Xenocyon according to S. Bartolini-Lucenti and N. Spassov 2022
See also Jiangzuo et al. 2022, Koufos 2022, Kurten 1968, Madurell-Malapeira et al. 2022, Mecozzi et al. 2020, Medin et al. 2017, Moullé et al. 2006, Tedford et al. 2009 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Xenocyon africanus, Xenocyon antonii, Xenocyon brevicephalus, Xenocyon dubius, Xenocyon falconeri, Xenocyon texanus
Type specimens:
- Xenocyon lycaonoides: MNM FA 20 (PV4), a tooth. Its type locality is Gombasek, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Slovakia.
- Canis gigas:
- Cuon dubius stehlini:
- Cuon rosi:
- Cuon stehlini:
- Xenocyon gigas:
- Xenocyon spelaeoides:
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (2: Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Georgia (2), Germany (3), Greece (2), Italy (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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