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Eucyon

Description

Eucyon (Greek: Eu: good, true; cyon: dog) is an extinct genus of small omnivorous coyote-like canid that first appeared in North America during the Miocene, living from 10.3—3.6 Ma and existed for approximately 6.7 million years. The genus is notable because it is proposed that its lineage gave rise to the genus Canis.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4833469https://www.gbif.org/species/4833469
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41213https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41213
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Eucyon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
superfamilyCanoideaSimpson 1931
familyCanidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusEucyonTedford & Qiu 1996
Scientific NameEucyon Tedford & Qiu, 1996
Name Published InVertebr Palasiat 34 (1), Jan
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eucyongenusbelongs to Canidaestated without evidenceTedford and Qiu, 1996
Eucyongenusbelongs to Caninastated with evidenceTedford et al., 2009
Eucyongenusbelongs to Canidaestated without evidenceWerdelin and Peigne, 2010
Eucyongenusbelongs to Caninaestated with evidenceMay, 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore
Ecospace Commentsmeat/non-vertebrate group (Van Valkenburgh 1988: based on "Canis" davisi)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. H. Tedford and Z. Qiu. 1996. A new canid genus from the Pliocene of Yushe, Shanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui Dongwu Xuebao) 34(1):27-40
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucyon

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Canis davisi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2923.0 Ma
Miocene
4.90 Ma
Pliocene
Eucyon skinneri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
113.6 Ma
Miocene
13.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Eucyon Tedford and Qiu
2009Eucyon Tedford et al. p. 89
2010Eucyon Werdelin and Peigne p. 615
2019Eucyon May

References

Tedford R. H., Qiu Z. (1996) A new canid genus from the Pliocene of Yushe, Shanxi Province, Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui Dongwu Xuebao) 34 1, 27-40
Tedford R. H., Wang X., et al (2009) Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325, 1-218 doi:10.1206/574.1
Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657
May S. R. (2019) The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA, Palaeontologia Electronica 22.1.15, 1-129 doi:10.26879/929
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Vertebr Palasiat 34 (1), Jan - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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