Urocyon galushai Tedford et al. 2009 (gray fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonym: Urocyon atwaterensis Getz 1960

Full reference: R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218

Belongs to Urocyon according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009

See also Getz 1960 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Urocyon citrinus, Urocyon littoralis, Urocyon minicephalus, Urocyon progressus, Urocyon virginianus, Urocyon webbi

Type specimens:

  • Urocyon galushai: F:AM 63104, a partial skull. Its type locality is 111 Ranch (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Arizona.
  • Urocyon atwaterensis: UMMP 40223, a tooth (right M2).

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (5: Arizona, California, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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