Leptocyon

Taxobox
name = "Leptocyon"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Canidae
subfamilia = Caninae
genus = †"Leptocyon"
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"L. gregorii"
* †"L. vafer"
* †"L. vulpinus"

Leptocyon is an extinct ancient canine ancestor of today's foxes and dogs, that lived during the Early Miocene 23 Mya with "Nothocyon" leading to the Borophaginae and 2nd and 3rd canine radiations. [Martin, L.D. 1989. Fossil history of the terrestrial carnivora. Pages 536 - 568 in J.L. Gittleman, editor. Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, Vol. 1. Comstock Publishing Associates: Ithaca.] Species: "L. gregorii," "L. vafer," "L. vulpinus." [ [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41218 Paleo Data Base - Leptocyon] ]

References

*http://www.searchingwolf.com/wevolve.htm
*http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/88025.htm