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Canis apolloniensis
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. apolloniensis
Binomial name
Canis apolloniensis
G.D. Koufos and D.S. Kostopoulos 1997

Canis apolloniensis is a species of canidae which was endemic to Europe and lived from (1.81 Mya) to (0.781 Mya) during the Early Pleistocene epoch..

Canis apolloniensis was named by Koufos and Kostopoulos 1997. The only fossil reference comes from northern Greece

Sister species

Sister species of Canus apolloniensis: Canis alopex, Canis armbrusteri, Canis aureus, Canis cedazoensis, Canis dirus, Canis familiaris, Canis ferox, Canis hyaena, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis lupus, Canis primigenius, and Canis rufus.

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Canis apolloniensis, age range and collections
  2. G. D. Koufos and D.S. Kostopoulos. 1997. New carnivore material from the Plio-Pleistocene of Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new canid. Munchner Geowissenschaft Abteilung A 34:33-63
Extinct members of the family Canidae
incertae sedis
Hesperocyoninae
Borophaginae
Phlaocyonini
Borophagini
Cynarctina
Aelurodontina
Borophagina
Caninae
Urocyon
Vulpes
Canini
Cerdocyonina
Lycalopex
Speothos
Canina
Cuon
Canis
C. latrans
C. lupus
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