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Xenocyon falconeri

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis falconeri was named by Forsyth-Major (1877).

It was recombined as Xenocyon falconeri by Rook (1994), Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Canis falconeri Forsyth-Major
1994Xenocyon falconeri Rook
2008Canis falconeri Wang et al.
2022Xenocyon falconeri Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov

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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
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusXenocyonKretzoi 1938
speciesfalconeri(Forsyth-Major 1877)

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.

†Xenocyon falconeri Forsyth-Major 1877
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the MN 17 or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania Canis falconeri (39845)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Canis falconeri (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Canis falconeri (32145)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Tuscany) Canis falconeri (44146) Xenocyon falconeri (231192)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) Canis falconeri (40997 41003 41006)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) Canis falconeri (34898)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Toscana) Canis falconeri (36373)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Canis falconeri (37024)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France Xenocyon falconeri (47129)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Spain (Teruel) Canis falconeri (36112)