Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonym: Stereocyon Mercerat 1917
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1918. Note on the systematic position of the wolves of the Canis dirus group. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(27):531-533
Parent taxon: Caninae according to F. J. Prevosti 2023
See also Alroy 2002, Kurten 1984, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lundelius 1972, Martin 1974, Merriam 1918, Nowak 1979 and Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Canini, Canis, Chrysocyon, Leptocyon, Lycalopex, Nyctereutes, Protocyon, Theriodictis, Vulpini
Subtaxa: Aenocyon dirus Stereocyon nehringi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (1), China (1), France (1), Mexico (5), Peru (3), United States (70: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 87 collections including 88 occurrences
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