Nyctereutes donnezani
Appearance
Nyctereutes donnezani Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Nyctereutes |
Species: | †N. donnezani
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Binomial name | |
†Nyctereutes donnezani (Depéret, 1890)
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Range map |
Nyctereutes donnezani is an extinct relative of the raccoon dog. It has been found in Spain,[1] Poland,[2] Greece,[3] and Turkey.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Aguirre, E; Soria, D (1981). "Accumulated bones in a Pliocene cave in Cerro Pelado, Spain". National Geographic Society Research Reports.
- ^ Kowalski, K (1962). "Fauna of Bats from the Pliocene of Weze in Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia.
- ^ Koufos, G. D.; Syrides, G. E.; Koliadimou, K. K. (1991). "A Pliocene primate from Macedonia (Greece)". Journal of Human Evolution. 21 (4): 283–294. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(91)90109-9.
- ^ Sen, S.; Bouvrain, G.; Geraads, D. (1998). "Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 12. Paleoecology, biogeography and biochronology". Geodiversitas.