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Canis adoxus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis adoxus was named by Martin (1971). Its type specimen is Basel Natural History Museum, RSS 45, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Estève, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Eucyon adoxus by Martin (1973), Spassov and Rook (2006), Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Canis adoxus Martin
1973Eucyon adoxus Martin
2006Eucyon adoxus Spassov and Rook
2008Eucyon adoxus Wang 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesadoxus

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 adoxus Martin 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Pyrénées-Orientales) Canis adoxus (type locality: 231014)