Eucyon davisi Merriam 1911 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combination: Canis davisi

Synonyms: Canis condoni Shotwell 1956, Leptocyon shermanensis Hibbard 1937, Vulpes shermanensis Hibbard 1937

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1911. Tertiary Mammal Beds Of Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek In Northwestern Nevada. Part II.-Vertebrate Faunas. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(11):199-304

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

See also Gregory 1942, Harrison 1983, Merriam 1911, Shotwell 1956, Spassov and Rook 2006, Tedford and Qiu 1996 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Eucyon adoxus, Eucyon debonisi, Eucyon ferox, Eucyon intrepidus, Eucyon khoikhoi, Eucyon kuta, Eucyon marinae, Eucyon minor, Eucyon monticinensis, Eucyon odessanus, Eucyon skinneri, Eucyon wokari, Eucyon zhoui

Type specimens:

  • Eucyon davisi: UCMP 545, a set of teeth
  • Canis condoni: Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon.
  • Leptocyon shermanensis: Its type locality is Edson, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (2)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (26: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington)

• Miocene of Mongolia (1)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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