Cyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1923 (dhole)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger. 1923. New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17):564-598

Belongs to Cyon according to W.D. Matthew and W.T. Granger 1923

Sister taxa: Cuon alpinus, Cuon bourreti, Cuon dukhunensis, Cuon majori, Cuon priscus, Cuon sumatrensis

Type specimen: AMNH 18389, a mandible (18389, pair of lower jaws). Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yen-ching-kao

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