†Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 (canine)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonyms: Canis lycodes Lund 1843, Canis musculosus Ameghino 1882, Palaeocyon validus Lund 1843, Paleospeothos colomae Spillmann 1942, Protocyon orcesi Hoffstetter 1952
Belongs to Protocyon according to F. J. Prevosti 2023
See also Hoffstetter 1952 and Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Paleospeothos, Protocyon orocualensis, Protocyon scagliarum, Protocyon tarijensis
Type specimens:
- Protocyon troglodytes: Its type locality is Pedra dos Indios 1, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial horizon in Brazil
- Canis lycodes:
- Canis musculosus:
- Palaeocyon validus:
- Paleospeothos colomae:
- Protocyon orcesi: EPN V. 2871, a mandible. Its type locality is La Carolina, which is in a Pleistocene estuary/bay sandstone/tar in Ecuador.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (4 collections), Bolivia (3), Brazil (10), Ecuador (2), Mexico (1), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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