Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: J. Madurell-Malapeira, M. R. Palombo, and M. Sotnikova. 2015. Cynotherium malatestai, sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early middle Pleistocene deposits of Grotta dei Fiori (Sardinia, Western Mediterranean). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35:e943400
Belongs to Cynotherium according to J. Madurell-Malapeira et al. 2015
Sister taxon: Cynotherium sardous
Type specimen: Museum of Paleontology of the Sapienza Università di Roma, MPUR/V4200a (right hemimandible with c1 and p2‒m2). Its type locality is Grotta dei Fiori, section C, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene fissure fill siliciclastic in Italy.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Grotta dei Fiori, section C
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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