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Canis armbrusteri
Taxonomy
Canis armbrusteri was named by Gidley (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 7662, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
It was synonymized subjectively with Canis lupus by Martin (1974) and Miller (1976).
It was synonymized subjectively with Canis lupus by Martin (1974) and Miller (1976).
Sister species
C. adustus, C. antarcticus, C. anthus, C. apolloniensis, C. aureus, C. cedazoensis, C. dingo, C. dirus (syn. C. ayersi, C. indianensis, C. mississippiensis), C. edwardii, C. familiaris (syn. Pachycyon robustus), C. ferox, C. latrans (syn. C. andersoni, C. caneloensis, C. clepticus, C. estor, C. frustror, C. goldmani, C. hondurensis, C. impavidus, C. irvingtonensis, C. jamesi, C. lestes, C. mearnsi, C. microdon, C. nebrascensis, C. ochropus, C. orcutti, C. pallidus, C. peninsulae, C. riviveronis, C. vigilis, Lyciscus cagottis), C. lepophagus, C. lupus (syn. C. furlongi, C. lycaon, C. milleri, C. nubilus, C. occidentalis, C. pambasileus, C. petrolei, C. tundrarum, C. variabilis, Lupus gigas), C. mesomelas, C. morenis, C. niger, C. palaeoplatensis, C. primigenius, C. proplatensis, C. rufus (syn. C. floridanus, C. priscolatrans, Lupus niger)
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Canis armbrusteri Gidley |
| 1979 | Canis armbrusteri Nowak |
| 1980 | Canis armbrusteri Kurten and Anderson |
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