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| Canis apolloniensis Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene | |
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| 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
- PaleoBiology Database: Canis apolloniensis, age range and collections
- 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
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