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Aenocyon Merriam, 1918

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Canidae
genus
Aenocyon

diagnosis

The generic characters of Aenacg / on are found in the massiveness of skull and dentition, extreme overhang of the inion, shortness of the basicranial region posterior to the glenoid fossae, massiveness of the upper and lower carnassials, reduction of thc hypocone of M 1, and probably in characters of the Skeleton not as yet available from other material than that obtained at Rancho La Broa.

diagnosis

The recognized species of Aenocyon are A. dirus, A. milleri, and A. ayersi.

Name

Homonyms
Aenocyon Merriam, 1918
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