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Taxonomy
Canis brevicephalus was named by Qiu et al. (2004). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Longdan, Dongxiang, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial packstone in China.
It was recombined as Xenocyon brevicephalus by Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov (2022).
It was recombined as Xenocyon brevicephalus by Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Canis brevicephalus Qiu et al. |
| 2008 | Canis brevicephalus Wang et al. |
| 2022 | Xenocyon brevicephalus Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov |
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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.
†Xenocyon brevicephalus Qiu et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Gansu) | Canis brevicephalus (type locality: 190068) |