Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: J.-B. Fourvel and N. Frerebeau. 2023. A new canid species (Carnivora: Canidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 97:163-177
Belongs to Canis according to J.-B. Fourvel and N. Frerebeau 2023
Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Lupulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei, Thos terblanchei
Type specimen: University of Witwatersrand, KW 9571, a partial skull. Its type locality is Kromdraai - Member 2, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene cave dolomite in the Kromdraai Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Kromdraai - Member 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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