Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonyms: Anurocyon Heude 1888, Chrysaeus Smith 1839, Crassicuon Kretzoi 1941, Cyon Agassiz 1846 [objective synonym], Primaevus Gray 1843, Semicuon Kretzoi 1941
Parent taxon: Canidae according to B. Mecozzi et al. 2020
See also Alroy 2002, Barbour 1914, Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Tedford et al. 2009, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Cuon alpinus Cuon bourreti Cuon dukhunensis Cuon majori Cuon priscus Cuon sumatrensis Cyon antiquus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), China (10), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), India (1), Italy (1), Laos (1), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), Vietnam (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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