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Canis ochropus orcutti

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis orcutti was named by Merriam (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 10842 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Canis ochropus orcutti by Merriam (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Canis latrans by Schultz (1938), Nowak (1979) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Canis orcutti Merriam p. 391
1912Canis ochropus orcutti Merriam p. 255 figs. Text figures 34 to 40

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesochropusSay 1823
subspeciesorcutti()

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 ochropus orcutti Merriam 1910
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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: carnivores
Diet 2: omnivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:18:04
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:18:04
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available