Journal
PAPERS IN PALAEONTOLOGY
Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 33-40Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1001
Keywords
Africa; Ethiopia; Afar Region; Woranso-Mille; Canidae; Eucyon
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- National Science Foundation [BCS-0234320, BCS-0542037, BCS-1124705]
- Leakey Foundation
- National Geographic Society
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- Swedish Research Council
- LSB Leakey Foundation
- Stockton Distinguished Faculty & CDC Fellowships
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1125157, 1124705] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Eucyon is a paraphyletic genus of jackal-sized canids that predated the appearance of true Canis in North America, Eurasia and Africa. In this study, we describe a new species of Eucyon, E. kuta, from the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia. The new species differs from all other described Eucyon in having the distal cusps of the p4 united into a crest. It may be the youngest Eucyon known from Africa and is larger than described Eucyon from that continent. Other described African Eucyon are briefly reviewed, and we suggest that some material may be referable to foxes (Vulpini), while other material may belong to the small bear-dog Bonisicyon illacabo (Amphicyonidae) or a closely related taxon.
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