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Taxonomy
Palaeocyon tarijensis was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type specimen is MACN-Pv 1452, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.
It was recombined as Pleurocyon tarijensis by Mercerat (1917); it was recombined as Canis tarijensis by Kraglievich (1928); it was recombined as Theriodictis tarijensis by Hoffstetter (1963) and Wang et al. (2008); it was recombined as Protocyon tarijensis by Prevosti (2023).
It was recombined as Pleurocyon tarijensis by Mercerat (1917); it was recombined as Canis tarijensis by Kraglievich (1928); it was recombined as Theriodictis tarijensis by Hoffstetter (1963) and Wang et al. (2008); it was recombined as Protocyon tarijensis by Prevosti (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Palaeocyon tarijensis Ameghino |
| 1917 | Pleurocyon tarijensis Mercerat |
| 1928 | Canis tarijensis Kraglievich |
| 1963 | Theriodictis tarijensis Hoffstetter |
| 2008 | Theriodictis tarijensis Wang et al. |
| 2023 | Protocyon tarijensis Prevosti |
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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.
†Canis tarijensis Ameghino 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available