Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: S. Bartolini Lucenti. 2021. A new large-sized Pliocene fox (Carnivora, Canidae) from Yushe Basin (Shanxi, China). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127(1):133-147
Belongs to Vulpes according to S. Bartolini Lucenti 2021
Sister taxa: Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes angustidens, Vulpes beihaiensis, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes chama, Vulpes chikushanensis, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes flavescens, Vulpes galaticus, Vulpes griffithi, Vulpes hassani, Vulpes japonica, Vulpes karagan, Vulpes kernensis, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes mathisoni, Vulpes montana, Vulpes niloticus, Vulpes odessana, Vulpes pallida, Vulpes pensylvanicus, Vulpes praecorsac, Vulpes praeglacialis, Vulpes pusilla, Vulpes riffautae, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sinensis, Vulpes skinneri, Vulpes stenognathus, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulgaris, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda, Alopex praeglacialis, Fennecus pallidus, Fennecus caama, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus zaarensis
Type specimen: F:AM 97027, a partial skull. Its type locality is Xiakou, Yushe Basin, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Xiakou, Yushe Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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