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Dusicyon avus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Dusicyon avus was named by Burmeister (1866).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. griseus

Synonyms
  • Canis platensis was named by Mercerat (1891).

    It was replaced with Canis palaeoplatensis by Ameghino (1891); it was synonymized subjectively with Dusicyon avus by Berman (1986).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Dusicyon avus Burmeister
1891Canis platensis Mercerat
1926Ducicyon avus Oliver Schneider p. 145
2009Dusicyon avus Prevosti et al. p. 80 fig. 2
2015Dusicyon avus Prevosti et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
subtribeCerdocyonina
genusDusicyonHamilton Smith 1839
speciesavusBurmeister 1866

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.

†Dusicyon avus Burmeister 1866
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Invalid names: Canis platensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Mandible at M1 height122.4
Mandible at p4 height121.7
Zygomatic height112.7

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:16:06
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:16:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon avus (232453)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) Dusicyon avus (232458)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande Do Sul) Dusicyon avus (189982)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay Dusicyon avus (212685)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon avus (71286 71303 71347 142142 202096)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) Dusicyon avus (140159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Dusicyon avus (71336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Dusicyon avus (71341 71342 213009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Última Esperanza) Dusicyon avus (213007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dusicyon avus (59978 124717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Dusicyon avus (213470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Río Negro) Dusicyon avus (230883)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Chubut) Dusicyon avus (230879 230880)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile (Magallanes) Dusicyon avus (230878 230881 230882 230884)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon avus (145810 230877)