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Canis apolloniensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis apolloniensis was named by Koufos and Kostopoulos (1997) [Type specimen is an anterior part of skull with mandible. Held in the Laboratory of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.]. Its type specimen is APL-530. Its type locality is Apollonia, which is in the Pleistocene of horizon the Platanochori Formation Greece.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Canis apolloniensis Koufos and Kostopoulos
2022Canis apolloniensis Koufos

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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
genusCanis
speciesapolloniensis

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Canis apolloniensis Koufos and Kostopoulos 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Koufos and D.S. Kostopoulos 1997Small size; no diastema between the premolars; strong and well separated protocone; long lower M1 with relatively short trigonid.