Metalopex

Metalopex Temporal range: Late Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	†Metalopex Tedford and Wang, 2008

Metalopex is an extinct hypocarnivorous mammal similar to Vulpes endemic to North America. Its sister taxon is the extant Urocyon which form a clade based on dentition. These same dental characteristics are shared by Otocyon and Protocyon.^[1]

References

↑ Tedford, Richard H., Wang, Xiaoming, Taylor, Beryl EPhylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora, Canidae). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 325).PDF

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