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Taxonomy
Schaeffia was named by Hilzheimer (1906). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Canis by Tedford et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Canidae by Valenciano et al. (2022).
It was synonymized subjectively with Canis by Tedford et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Canidae by Valenciano et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Schaeffia Hilzheimer |
| 2022 | Schaeffia Valenciano et al. |
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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.
G. Schaeffia Hilzheimer 1906
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Schaeffia adusta Sundevall 1847 [side-striped jackal]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Canis adustus (22340) | |
| Pleistocene | Kenya | Canis adustus (21963) | |
| Pleistocene | Morocco | Canis adustus (34329) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Canis adustus (34287 34330) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Canis adustus (21276) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Canis adustus (21690) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Canis adustus (21693) |