Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: D. Geraads, Z. Alemseged, R. Bobe and D. Reed. 2010. Nyctereutes lockwoodi, n. sp., a new canid (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the middle Pliocene of Dikika, Lower Awash, Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):981-987
Belongs to Nyctereutes according to D. Geraads et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Nyctereutes abdeslami, Nyctereutes barryi, Nyctereutes donnezani, Nyctereutes megamastoides, Nyctereutes procyonoides, Nyctereutes sinensis, Nyctereutes tingi, Nyctereutes vulpinus
Type specimen: DIK-31–1, a skull. Its type locality is DIK-31, which is in a Pliocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at DIK-31
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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