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Protocyon
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Protocyon (†Protocyon (1855 Giebel))
Theriodictis tarijense
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene of South America and North America (781 000 - 12 000 years ago)
Dimensions: length- 1,4 m, height - 70 сm, weight - 25-40 kg
Protocyon is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and North America during the Late Pleistocene. A member of the Cerdocyonina lineage, its closest living relative might be the bush dog.
This canid was a hypercarnivore, suggested by its dental adaptations. Like many other large canids, it was most likely a pack hunter. It hunted the medium-sized grazers and browsers, and bite marks on fossils suggest that it may have hunted Glyptotherium. Isotopic analysis shows a dietary overlap with Smilodon populator, which implies it might actively hunt much larger prey animals since S. populator weighed at least 350 kg.
Protocyon was named by Giebel in 1855 and assigned to Canidae by Carroll in 1988. Fossils of Protocyon have been found in the Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela and Brazil.
Canid fossil material from the Hoyo Negro (Mexico), indicating that this taxon was also present in the southern part of North America.
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Protocyon (†Protocyon (1855 Giebel))
Theriodictis tarijense
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene of South America and North America (781 000 - 12 000 years ago)
Dimensions: length- 1,4 m, height - 70 сm, weight - 25-40 kg
Protocyon is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and North America during the Late Pleistocene. A member of the Cerdocyonina lineage, its closest living relative might be the bush dog.
This canid was a hypercarnivore, suggested by its dental adaptations. Like many other large canids, it was most likely a pack hunter. It hunted the medium-sized grazers and browsers, and bite marks on fossils suggest that it may have hunted Glyptotherium. Isotopic analysis shows a dietary overlap with Smilodon populator, which implies it might actively hunt much larger prey animals since S. populator weighed at least 350 kg.
Protocyon was named by Giebel in 1855 and assigned to Canidae by Carroll in 1988. Fossils of Protocyon have been found in the Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela and Brazil.
Canid fossil material from the Hoyo Negro (Mexico), indicating that this taxon was also present in the southern part of North America.
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