Canini

Canini is a taxon which represents the dog-like tribe of the subfamily Caninae, and is sister to the fox-like tribe Vulpini. The Canini came into existence 9 million years ago. This group was first represented by Eucyon, mostly by Eucyon davisi that was spread widely across North America and is basal to the other members of the tribe. Its members are informally known as true dogs.

Canini

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CaninaePBDB
Diet
carnivore, omnivorePBDB, for Canidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Canidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 9.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 9.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 12.5 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 48 of 182 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 37 of 182 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 81 of 182 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 15 of 182 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences10–10.0 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences10.0–9.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences9.5–9.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences9.1–8.7 Mya — about 5 occurrences8.7–8.2 Mya — about 5 occurrences8.2–7.8 Mya — about 5 occurrences7.8–7.4 Mya — about 5 occurrences7.4–6.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.9–6.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.5–6.1 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.1–5.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences5.6–5.2 Mya — about 6 occurrences5.2–4.8 Mya — about 7 occurrences4.8–4.3 Mya — about 5 occurrences4.3–3.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.9–3.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.5–3.0 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.0–2.6 Mya — about 6 occurrences2.6–2.2 Mya — about 10 occurrences2.2–1.7 Mya — about 12 occurrences1.7–1.3 Mya — about 10 occurrences1.3–867 ka Mya — about 9 occurrences867 ka–433 ka Mya — about 10 occurrences433 ka–0 Mya — about 45 occurrences9.4 Mya11.7 ka13 Mya0 Mya

182 occurrences of Canini on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

182 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

50 formations

Glenns Ferry — 42.80°N, 114.90°WOgallala — 36.70°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 38.90°N, 101.70°WOgallala — 35.70°N, 102.30°WAlkali Canyon — 45.72°N, 120.20°WAlkali Canyon — 45.84°N, 119.29°WLujan — 38.57°S, 58.70°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WLujan — 34.64°S, 59.30°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.08°N, 100.67°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.00°N, 100.70°WChalk Butte — 43.60°N, 117.50°WMcKay — 45.50°N, 118.80°WChamita — 36.50°N, 107.00°WQuiburis — 32.50°N, 110.60°WBig Sandy — 34.70°N, 113.40°WSt. David — 32.00°N, 110.20°WRexroad — 37.20°N, 100.30°WVenta del Moro-Villatoya — 39.48°N, 1.35°WNuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WDolores — 34.39°S, 57.90°WSagantole — 10.52°N, 40.47°ESagantole — 10.43°N, 40.42°EPanaca — 37.80°N, 114.30°WBidahochi — 35.80°N, 110.10°WTemecula Arkose — 33.90°N, 117.00°WRingold — 46.30°N, 119.10°WTule — 34.51°N, 101.41°WPlatanochori — 40.57°N, 23.47°EBanta Shut-In — 29.27°N, 103.05°W'Ubeidiya — 32.68°N, 35.57°E

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The named rock units Canini has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 26 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 109 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Canini and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Canini and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,532 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 171 sites for Canini, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

89 references

Each of the 182 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 77 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Canini

Credit
Mariomassone
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fischer de Waldheim 1817