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Canis accitanus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis accitanus was named by Garrido and Arribas (2008). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museo Geominero, Madrid, FP1-2001-0434, a skull. Its type locality is Fonelas P-1, which is in a Gelasian fluvial horizon in the Guadix Formation of Spain.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Canis accitanus Garrido and Arribas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciesaccitanus

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 accitanus Garrido and Arribas 2008
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Gelasian or 2.58800 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Canis accitanus (type locality: 77773)