Dusicyon cultridens

Dusicyon cultridens
Temporal range: Late Pliocene (Uquian)
~2.8–2.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Dusicyon
Species:
D. cultridens
Binomial name
Dusicyon cultridens
(Gervais & Ameghino 1880)
Synonyms
  • Canis cultridens Gervais & Ameghino 1880

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]

  1. ^ "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.