Prototocyon
Prototocyon or Sivacyon is an extinct genus of small omnivorous canid living during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1]
| Prototocyon Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | †Prototocyon Pohle, 1928 |
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Taxonomy
Prototocyon was named by Pohle (1928) and was assigned to Canidae by Carroll (1988).[2] Old literature relates it to Vulpes bengalensis, but not more modern literature (e.g. McKenna and Bell.[3][4]) Tedford et al. 2009 suggest that Prototocyon and Otocyon form a clade.
Fossil distribution
Fossil remains were recovered from the early Pleistocene Upper Siwaliks horizon of the Siwalik Hills, India (Colbert 1935; Pilgrim 1932).
References
- Dogs: their fossil relatives and evolutionary history, Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford, Mauricio Antón
- R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company
- McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York.
- Mammalian Species No. 795, pp. 1–5, 3 figs. Vulpes bengalensis. By Matthew E. Gompper and Abi Tamim Vanak, Archived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine Published 9 August 2006 by the American Society of Mammalogists
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