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Lycaon magnus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Lycaon magnus was named by Ewer and Singer (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Lycaon magnus Ewer and Singer
2008Lycaon magnus Wang et al.
2011Lycaon magnus Geraads

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
genusLycaonBrookes 1827
speciesmagnusEwer and Singer 1956

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lycaon magnus Ewer and Singer 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:12:21
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:12:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Lycaon magnus (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Lycaon magnus (34287 34330)