Prototocyon Prototocyon
Prototocyon
Prototocyon

Prototocyon

Prototocyon (†Prototocyon (Pohle, 1928))
Synonyms: Sivacyon
 
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Temporal range: during the late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene (Africa, Eurasia)
Dimensions: length - 100 cm, height - 30-40 сm, weight - 5 kg
 
 
Prototocyon was a small canine similar to the bat-eared fox in overall morphology and likely in habits as well. It differed from the modern bat-eared fox mainly in its more primitive dentition.
Fossil remains of Prototocyon curvipalatus were recovered from the early Pleistocene Upper Siwaliks horizon of the Siwalik Hills, India (Colbert 1935; Pilgrim 1932). Fossils of Prototocyon recki have been found by the Olduvai gorge area in Tanzania.
 
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Prototocyon (†Prototocyon (Pohle, 1928))
Synonyms: Sivacyon
 
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Temporal range: during the late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene (Africa, Eurasia)
Dimensions: length - 100 cm, height - 30-40 сm, weight - 5 kg
 
 
Prototocyon was a small canine similar to the bat-eared fox in overall morphology and likely in habits as well. It differed from the modern bat-eared fox mainly in its more primitive dentition.
Fossil remains of Prototocyon curvipalatus were recovered from the early Pleistocene Upper Siwaliks horizon of the Siwalik Hills, India (Colbert 1935; Pilgrim 1932). Fossils of Prototocyon recki have been found by the Olduvai gorge area in Tanzania.