Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: L. Werdelin, M. E. Lewis, and Y. Haile-Selassie. 2014. A critical review of African species of Eucyon (Mammalia; Carnivora; Canidae), with a new species from the Pliocene of the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia. Papers in Palaeontology 1(1):33-40
Belongs to Eucyon according to L. Werdelin et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Eucyon adoxus, Eucyon davisi, Eucyon debonisi, Eucyon ferox, Eucyon intrepidus, Eucyon khoikhoi, Eucyon marinae, Eucyon minor, Eucyon monticinensis, Eucyon odessanus, Eucyon skinneri, Eucyon wokari, Eucyon zhoui
Type specimen: National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, ARI-VP-1/640, a partial skull. Its type locality is Aralee Issie, near Mille River, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial horizon in Ethiopia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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