Eucyon debonisi Montoya et al. 2009 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: P. Montoya, J. Morales, and J. Abella. 2009. Eucyon debonisi n. sp., a new Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the latest Miocene of Venta del Moro (Valencia, Spain). Geodiversitas 31(4):709-722

Belongs to Eucyon according to P. Montoya et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Eucyon adoxus, Eucyon davisi, Eucyon ferox, Eucyon intrepidus, Eucyon khoikhoi, Eucyon kuta, Eucyon marinae, Eucyon minor, Eucyon monticinensis, Eucyon odessanus, Eucyon skinneri, Eucyon wokari, Eucyon zhoui

Type specimen: Museu de Geologia de la Universitat de València, MGUV 14780-2, a partial skull (maxilla and mandible fragments). Its type locality is Venta del Moro, which is in a Turolian floodplain conglomerate/lignite in the Venta del Moro-Villatoya Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Venta del Moro

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