Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: G. D. Koufos and D.S. Kostopoulos. 1997. New carnivore material from the Plio-Pleistocene of Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new canid. Munchner Geowissenschaft Abteilung A 34:33-63

Belongs to Canis according to G. D. Koufos and D.S. Kostopoulos 1997

Sister taxa: Canis (Pseudalopex), Canis adustus, Canis antarcticus, Canis anthus, Canis armbrusteri, Canis aureus, Canis cedazoensis, Canis dingo, Canis dirus, Canis edwardii, Canis familiaris, Canis ferox, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis lupus, Canis mesomelas, Canis morenis, Canis niger, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis primigenius, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus

Type specimen: APL-530. Its type locality is Apollonia, which is in the Pleistocene of horizon the Platanochori Formation Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore