Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: Z. B. Qiu, T. Deng, and X. Wang. 2004. Early Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China. Palaeontologia Sinica 27:1-198
Belongs to Canis according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Lupulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei, Thos terblanchei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Longdan, Dongxiang, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial packstone in China
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Longdan, Dongxiang
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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