Xenocyon

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: †Xenocyon
Species: X. lycaonoides - X. texanus

Name

†Xenocyon Kretzoi, 1938

Synonyms

* †Canis (Xenocyon) Kretzoi, 1938
* †Sinicuon Kretzoi, 1941

References

* Hartstone-Rose, A.; Werdelin, L.; Ruiter, D.J., de; Berger, L.R.; Churchill, S.E. 2010: The Plio-Pleistocene ancestor of wild dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp. Journal of paleontology, 84: 299-308. doi: 10.1666/09-124.1
* Tedford, R.H.; Wang, X.; Taylor, B.E. 2009: Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (325) doi: 10.1206/574.1