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Vulpes odessana

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Vulpes odessana was named by Odintzov (1967). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Catacombs of Odessa, Ukraine, which is in a MN 15/MN 16 karst horizon in Ukraine.

It was recombined as Eucyon odessanus by Tedford and Qiu (1996), Spassov and Rook (2006), Wang et al. (2008) and Koufos (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Vulpes odessana Odintzov
1996Eucyon odessanus Tedford and Qiu
2006Eucyon odessanus Spassov and Rook
2008Eucyon odessanus Wang et al.
2022Eucyon odessanus Koufos

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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
genusVulpesFrisch 1775
speciesodessanaOdintzov 1967

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.

Vulpes odessana Odintzov 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:18:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:13:05
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the MN 15 to the top of the MN 16 or 4.20000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Vulpes odessana (type locality: 50943)