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    africanus, Canis (Xenocyon) antonii and Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri that gave rise to Canis (Xenocyon) lycanoides. The hypercarnivorous Xenocyon is thought to...
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    subgenus Xenocyon as ancestral to both Lycaon and Cuon.: p149  Other researchers propose that the extinct Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri and Canis (Xenocyon) lycaonoides...
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  • mainland species of Xenocyon, with Megacyon being even larger than mainland Xenocyon species. Some authors have subsumed Megacyon into Xenocyon. Megacyon is...
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    to the official list. Canis is primitive relative to Cuon, Lycaon, and Xenocyon in its relatively larger canines and lack of such dental adaptations for...
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  • Xenocyon, perhaps Xenocyon lycanoides, likely via the intermediate species Megacyon merriami, which is proportionally larger than mainland Xenocyon species...
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    convergent evolution. Some authors consider the extinct Canis subgenus Xenocyon as ancestral to both the genus Lycaon and the genus Cuon.: p149  Subsequent...
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    Middle Pleistocene. Others propose that Xenocyon should be reclassified as Lycaon. The species Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri shared the African wild dog's...
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    divergence 5.7 million years ago. Coyotes, dholes, gray wolves, and the extinct Xenocyon evolved in Eurasia and expanded into North America relatively recently...
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    divergence 5.7 million years ago. Coyotes, dholes, gray wolves, and the extinct Xenocyon evolved in Eurasia and expanded into North America relatively recently...
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    mainland Italy. Cynotherium is suggested to have originated from the species Xenocyon lycaonoides of mainland Europe. Some of the older Cynotherium remains are...
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  • Xenotarsosaurus ("strange ankled lizard"); Xenopsitta ("strange parrot"); Xenocyon ("strange dog"); Xenokeryx ("strange horn"); Xenostega ("strange roof");...
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    (forward) Cynotherium sardous Corsica and Sardinia Extinct (c. 8300 BC) Xenocyon Trinil dog Mececyon trinilensis Java Extinct (Pleistocene) Cozumel Island...
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    found at Mosbach, Germany. It was later demonstrated that another canine, Xenocyon lycaonoides was also present at the site, meaning that remains at the site...
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    Caninae Tribe: Canini Subtribe: Canina Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 Genera and subgenera Canis †Xenocyon Cuon Lupulella Lycaon †Cynotherium †Eucyon †Aenocyon...
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    Waldheim, 1817 Genera Subtribe Canina (wolf and wolf-like canines) Canis †Xenocyon Cuon Lupulella Lycaon †Cynotherium †Eucyon †Aenocyon Subtribe Cerdocyonina...
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    Tedford, Wang, & Taylor 2008 Urocyon Tribe Canini Subtribe Canina Canis †Xenocyon Cuon Lupulella Lycaon †Cynotherium †Aenocyon †Eucyon †Mececyon †Megacyon...
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    years ago. Concurrently, Coyotes, dholes, gray wolves, and the extinct Xenocyon ostensibly evolved in Eurasia and expanded into North America more recently...
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  • reporting the last appearances of long-surving genera such as Megantereon and Xenocyon, as well evidence of the initial dispersals of African carnivorans such...
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  • saber-toothed cats, an extinct form of the lynx as well as the badger, Xenocyon as a member of the dogs, and the hyena Pachycrocuta. In addition, early...
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    extinction of, among other taxa, Puma pardoides, Megantereon whitei, and Xenocyon lycaonoides. The prevalence of ungulates adapted for grazing increased...
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  • African cone, a predatory sea snail species Canis africanus, a synonym for Xenocyon lycaonoides, an extinct mammal species Chamaeleo africanus, the African...
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    †Dire wolf (Aenocyon) †Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium) †Trinil dog (Mececyon) †Merriam's dog (Megacyon) †Xenocyon Canis...
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    † Cuon priscus Thenius (Early Middle Pleistocene dhole or wild dog) † Xenocyon lycaonoides Kretzoi † Meles meles atavus ? (Kormos) (primitive European...
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  • of a wild dog belonging to the subgenus Xenocyon in Western Europe known to date, similar to Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri, is reported from the Roca-Neya...
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    †Dire wolf (Aenocyon) †Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium) †Trinil dog (Mececyon) †Merriam's dog (Megacyon) †Xenocyon Canis...
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    divergence 5.7 million years ago. Coyotes, dholes, gray wolves, and the extinct Xenocyon evolved in Eurasia and expanded into North America relatively recently...
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  • Xenocyon...
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  • J. (2022). "Middle Pleistocene Xenocyon lycaonoides Kretzoi, 1938 in northeastern China and the evolution of Xenocyon-Lycaon lineage". Historical Biology:...
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    †Dire wolf (Aenocyon) †Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium) †Trinil dog (Mececyon) †Merriam's dog (Megacyon) †Xenocyon Canis...
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  • †Dire wolf (Aenocyon) †Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium) †Trinil dog (Mececyon) †Merriam's dog (Megacyon) †Xenocyon Canis...
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