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Eucyon debonisi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Eucyon debonisi was named by Montoya et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museu de Geologia de la Universitat de València, MGUV 14780-2, a partial skull (maxilla and mandible fragments). Its type locality is Venta del Moro, which is in a Turolian floodplain conglomerate/lignite in the Venta del Moro-Villatoya Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eucyon debonisi Montoya et al.

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusEucyon
speciesdebonisi

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.

Eucyon debonisi Montoya et al. 2009
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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
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:34:38
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:36:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Turolian or 8.70000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Nyctereutes donnezani, Canis sp. (type locality: 40758)