Dusicyon cultridens explained

Dusicyon cultridens or Dusicyon patagonicus cultridens ^[1] is an extinct canid species in the genus Dusicyon. However, the classification of this species is poorly researched and debatable. Some scientists place this species in the genera Canis and Lycalopex.^[2]

Distribution

Dusicyon cultridens is only known from fossil remains in Argentina. It lived in the Late Pliocene (Uquian in the SALMA classification), from approximately 2.8 to 2.6 million years ago. It was around at about the same time as the rodent Akodon lorenzinii. The fossils were found at cliffs near the Atlantic Ocean, in what is now the coastline of the province of Buenos Aires.

Habitat and characteristics

Dusicyon cultridens lived in the South American temperate grasslands (pampas). Its size was between that of existing species such as the pampas fox and South American gray fox.

External links

• Ramirez, M. A., Prevosti, F. J.: "Systematic revision of "Canis" ensenadensis Ameghino, 1888 (Carnivora, Canidae) and the description of a new specimen from the Pleistocene of Argentina", Ameghiniana 2014, vol. 51(1), pp. 37 - 51. URL last retrieved 2018-08-11.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. Soibelzon, L.H., Ceniz, M. M., Prevosti, F. J., Soibelzon, E. Y Tartarini, V. B.: Dos nuevos registros de Dusicyon Hamilton-Smith, 1839 (Canidae, Mammalia) en el Plioceno y Pleistoceno de la región Pampeana (Argentina). Aspectos sistemáticos, tafonómicos, y bioestratigráficos, Congreso Uruguayo de Geología, Montevideo 2007. URL last retrieved 2018-08-11.