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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