Canis apolloniensis Koufos and Kostopoulos 1997 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: G. D. Koufos and D.S. Kostopoulos. 1997. New carnivore material from the Plio-Pleistocene of Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new canid. Munchner Geowissenschaft Abteilung A 34:33-63

Belongs to Canis according to G. D. Koufos 2022

See also Koufos and Kostopoulos 1997

Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei

Type specimen: APL-530. Its type locality is Apollonia, which is in the Pleistocene of horizon the Platanochori Formation Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Apollonia

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