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Afrocyon
Taxonomy
Afrocyon was named by Arambourg (1961). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Peigné et al. (2008); and to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Amphicyoninae by Peigné et al. (2008); and to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Afrocyon Arambourg |
| 1988 | Afrocyon Carroll |
| 2008 | Afrocyon Peigné et al. |
| 2010 | Afrocyon Werdelin and Peigne p. 603 |
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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. †Afrocyon Arambourg 1961
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†Afrocyon burolleti Arambourg 1961
†Afrocyon macrodon Savage 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hunt 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia (Karas) | Ysengrinia sp. (175698) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Cynelos macrodon (38060) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | A. sp. (28441) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Myacyon kiptalami (74559) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia (Gafsa) | A. sp. (35277) |