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Aenocyon
Taxonomy
Aenocyon was named by Merriam (1918).
It was reranked as Canis (Aenocyon) by Stock et al. (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Canis by Kurten and Anderson (1972), Lundelius (1972), Martin (1974), Nowak (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Kurten (1984), Berta (1988), Tedford et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Canis by Stock et al. (1946); to Canina by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022); to Caninae by Prevosti (2023); and to Canidae by Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was reranked as Canis (Aenocyon) by Stock et al. (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Canis by Kurten and Anderson (1972), Lundelius (1972), Martin (1974), Nowak (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Kurten (1984), Berta (1988), Tedford et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Canis by Stock et al. (1946); to Canina by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022); to Caninae by Prevosti (2023); and to Canidae by Eshelman et al. (2025).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Stereocyon Mercerat |
| 1918 | Aenocyon Merriam |
| 1946 | Canis (Aenocyon) Stock et al. p. 109 |
| 2022 | Aenocyon Ruiz-Ramoni et al. p. 103 |
| 2023 | Aenocyon Prevosti |
| 2025 | Aenocyon Eshelman et al. p. 117 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Aenocyon Merriam 1918
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†Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 [dire wolf]
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Invalid names: Canis ayersi Sellards 1916 [synonym], Canis indianensis Leidy 1869 [synonym], Canis mississippiensis Allen 1876 [synonym], Canis nehringi Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Canis primaevus Hodgson 1833 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stereocyon Mercerat 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available