Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 (canine)

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

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