PBDB Taxon

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Ferrucyon avius

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy

Cerdocyon avius was named by Torres and Ferrusquia (1981). Its type specimen is IGM 2903, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rancho Algodones, which is in a Blancan marginal marine sandstone in the Refugio Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Ferrucyon avius by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2020).

Year	Name and author
1981	Cerdocyon avius Torres and Ferrusquia p. 82
2008	Cerdocyon avius Wang et al.
2009	Cerdocyon avius Tedford et al. p. 82
2020	Ferrucyon avius Ruiz-Ramoni et al.

Reference	Diagnosis
Torres and Ferrusquia 1981	Cerdocyon? avius is distinguished from C. texanus by its single- rooted p1; smaller dentition set in longer and deeper horizontal ramus; slightly better defined subangular lobe; m1 with more reduced metaconid, lack of crest connecting talonid cusps; and absence of an entoconulid.
R. H. Tedford et al. 2009	Cerdocyon? avius is distinguished from C. texanus by its single- rooted p1; smaller dentition set in longer and deeper horizontal ramus; slightly better defined subangular lobe; m1 with more reduced metaconid, lack of crest connecting talonid cusps; and absence of an entoconulid.