Aenocyon dirus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cynoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Cynoidea

Familia: Canidae
Subfamilia: Caninae
Tribus: Canini
Genus: †Aenocyon
Species: †Aenocyon dirus

Aenocyon dirus (Leidy, 1858)

Canis primaevus Leidy, 1854: 200
Canis dirus Leidy, 1858: 21 [replacement name for Canis primaevus Leidy, 1854]
Canis indianensis Leidy, 1869: 368 [another replacement name for Canis primaevus Leidy, 1854]

Leidy, J. 1854. Notice of some fossil bones discovered by Mr. Francis A. Lincke, in the banks of the Ohio River, Indiana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(7): 199–201. BHL Reference page.
Leidy, J. 1858. Notice of remains of extinct vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition, Proceedings. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 20–31. BHL Reference page.
Leidy, J. 1869. The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska. Including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, s. 2, 7: 23–472. BHL Reference page.

Dundas, R.G. 1999. Quaternary records of the dire wolf, Canis dirus, in North and South America". Boreas – An International Journal of Quaternary Research 28(3): 375–385. DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00227.x