Plesiocyon Schlosser 1887 (canid)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Parent taxon: Canidae according to T. S. Palmer 1904

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Alopex, Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Leucocyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Megalotis, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plesiocyon in the database

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