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Taxonomy
Aenocyon was named by Merriam (1918).
It was synonymized subjectively with Canis by Stock et al. (1946), Kurten and Anderson (1972), Lundelius (1972), Martin (1974), Nowak (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Kurten (1984) and Berta (1988).
It was assigned to Canina by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022); and to Caninae by Prevosti (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Canis by Stock et al. (1946), Kurten and Anderson (1972), Lundelius (1972), Martin (1974), Nowak (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Kurten (1984) and Berta (1988).
It was assigned to Canina by Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022); and to Caninae by Prevosti (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Stereocyon Mercerat |
| 1918 | Aenocyon Merriam |
| 2022 | Aenocyon Ruiz-Ramoni et al. p. 103 |
| 2023 | Aenocyon Prevosti |
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G. †Aenocyon Merriam 1918
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†Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 [dire wolf]
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Invalid names: Canis ayersi Sellards 1916 [synonym], Canis indianensis Leidy 1869 [synonym], Canis mississippiensis Allen 1876 [synonym], Canis nehringi Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Canis primaevus Hodgson 1833 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stereocyon Mercerat 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (85 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | A. dirus (204068) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Canis dirus (70673) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Canis dirus (227368) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Indiana) | Canis dirus (231075) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Canis dirus (93257) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Canis dirus (65405) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | A. ayersi (74240) | |
| Pleistocene | Peru | Canis dirus (197959) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Aguascalientes) | Canis dirus (20283) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Canis dirus (20503) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Canis dirus (20520) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | A. dirus (20295) Canis dirus (20166) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Canis dirus (20138 20347 20376 20501) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Canis armbrusteri (20327) Canis dirus (20387) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Canis dirus (20419) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Dinocynops nehringi (71303) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (34382) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Canis dirus (20639) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Canis dirus (85314 150336) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Canis dirus (20495) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Canis dirus (79757 79918 206993) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Canis dirus (20398 20491 195112) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Canis dirus (20624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Texas) | A. dirus (79581) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Canis dirus (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Canis sp. (93181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (79632) A. sp., Canis ayersi (85142) Canis dirus (79683 230753) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Indiana) | Canis dirus (20600) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Missouri) | Canis dirus (75995) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Mexico (San Luis Potosi) | Canis dirus (71277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Canis dirus (104797) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Canis indianensis (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Canis dirus (71345) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Canis sp. (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Heilongjiang) | Canis dirus (230983) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Canis dirus (79923) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Canis ayersi (154771) Canis dirus (154921) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | A. ayersi (74292 154910) Canis ayersi (34269) Canis dirus (20638 154804 154805) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Kentucky) | Canis dirus (74141) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (Region 1) | A. dirus (230908) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru (Piura) | Canis dirus (144976) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Canis dirus (103991 104758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | A. dirus (79630) Canis dirus (20273 73752 155409) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | Canis dirus (20619) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Canis dirus (93251) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | A. dirus (93103) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Canis dirus (20572 20573 20580 20594 20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | A. dirus (145376) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Mexico) | A. dirus (227227) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Utah) | Canis dirus (20641) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Canis dirus (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France | Cuon primaevus (86271) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Canis dirus (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Missouri) | Canis dirus (93379) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Canis dirus (20569) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Canis dirus (93332) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | Canis dirus (20628 20642) |