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Dusicyon (Falkland Island wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonyms
  • Pseudalopex culpaeolus was named by Thomas (1914). It is extant.

    It was corrected as Pseudalopex culpaeola by Cabrera (1931); it was recombined as Dusicyon culpaeolus by Clutton-Brock et al. (1976); it was considered a nomen dubium by van Gelder (1978).
  • Pseudalopex inca was named by Thomas (1914). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Dusicyon inca by Clutton-Brock et al. (1976); it was considered a nomen dubium by van Gelder (1978).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Dusicyon Hamilton Smith p. 248
1914Pseudalopex culpaeolus Thomas
1914Pseudalopex inca Thomas
1926Ducicyon Oliver Schneider p. 145
1931Dusicyon Cabrera
1931Pseudalopex culpaeola Cabrera
1931Pseudalopex inca Cabrera
1976Dusicyon culpaeolus Clutton-Brock et al.
1976Dusicyon inca Clutton-Brock et al.
1978Canis (Dusicyon) van Gelder
1988Dusicyon Carroll
2008Dusicyon Wang et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
subtribeCerdocyonina
genusDusicyonHamilton Smith 1839

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. †Dusicyon Hamilton Smith 1839 [Falkland Island wolf]
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†Dusicyon australis Kerr 1972 [Falkland Island fox]
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Invalid names: Canis (Pseudalopex) australis Kerr 1792 [synonym], Dusicyon darwini Thomas 1914 [synonym], Pseudalopex antarcticus Bechstein 1799 [synonym]
†Dusicyon avus Burmeister 1866
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Invalid names: Canis platensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Dusicyon cultridens Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Invalid names: Dusicyon culpaeolus Thomas 1914 [nomen dubium], Dusicyon inca Thomas 1914 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Mandible at M1 height122.4
Mandible at p4 height121.7
Zygomatic height112.7

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat/non-vertebrate group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)g
Created: 2009-01-04 14:16:06
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:16:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

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): 2.588 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon sp. (123527)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon sp. (71304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) Dusicyon avus (232458)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon avus (232453)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Cordoba) Dusicyon sp. (123831)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon avus (71286 71303 71347 142142 202096)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Dusicyon avus (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Dusicyon avus (212685)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande Do Sul) Dusicyon avus (189982)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dusicyon avus (59978 124717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Última Esperanza) Dusicyon avus (213007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Tierra del Fuego ) Dusicyon avus (213009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Dusicyon avus (71336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Piura) Dusicyon sp. (144976)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Dusicyon avus (71341 71342) Dusicyon sp. (71265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Dusicyon avus (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon sp. (191127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Río Negro) Dusicyon avus (230883)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Dusicyon sp. (93267)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dusicyon avus (145810 230877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia Dusicyon sp. (71324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Chubut) Dusicyon avus (230879 230880)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Dusicyon griseus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile (Magallanes) Dusicyon avus (230878 230881 230882 230884)