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Lycalopex ensenadensis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis ensenadensis was named by Ameghino (1888). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museo de La Plata, MLP 10-56, a mandible. Its type locality is Ensenada Harbor, La Plata, which is in an Ensenadan terrestrial horizon in the Ensenada Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Cerdocyon ensenadensis by Kraglievich (1930); it was recombined as Lycalopex ensenadensis by Ramirez and Prevosti (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Canis ensenadensis Ameghino
1930Cerdocyon ensenadensis Kraglievich
2014Lycalopex ensenadensis Ramirez and Prevosti

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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
genusLycalopexBurmeister 1854
speciesensenadensis(Ameghino 1888)

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.

Lycalopex ensenadensis Ameghino 1888
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Lujanian or 1.75000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Canis ensenadensis (type locality: 140653)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Lycalopex ensenadensis (230885)