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Canis tarijensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

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), Wang et al. (2008); it was recombined as Protocyon tarijensis by Prevosti (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kronstadtensis, C. multicuspus, C. ocropus, C. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Palaeocyon tarijensis Ameghino
1917Pleurocyon tarijensis Mercerat
1928Canis tarijensis Kraglievich
1963Theriodictis tarijensis Hoffstetter
2008Theriodictis tarijensis Wang et al.
2023Protocyon tarijensis Prevosti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciestarijensis()

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Palaeocyon tarijensis (type locality: 70673)