Schaeffia Hilzheimer 1906 (canid)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Canidae according to A. Valenciano et al. 2022
See also Tedford et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Schaeffia adusta
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (2 collections), Morocco (3), South Africa (1), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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