MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-8869

Aelurodon saevus

Holotype of Canis saevus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2007-11-21

North America: United States: Nebraska | [Masked]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-8869 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-8869 Description: Photograph of a tooth in occlusal view of MCZ VPM-8869, Aelurodon saevus.; Aspect: occlusal

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:VP:VPM-8869 Aelurodon saevus Holotype Description:...

Current Identification
Aelurodon saevus
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Canidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Canis saevus Leidy, 1858
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Canidae
Determiner: Joseph Leidy, M.D. in 1858
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date set to publication year.

Leidy 1858, page 21, Holotype of Canis saevus Leidy, 1858 "cast of Leidy's specimen" appears to indicate this is a plastoholotype

  • previous number: MCZ BOM-8869

Part Condition Disposition Count
teeth (replica - cast) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: cast of lower sectorial

  • None

  • tooth (cast of Leidy's specimen); Transferred from MCZ Mammal collection 1960-1980s.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Nebraska
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007525 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [Masked]
  • Microhabitat:
  • [Masked]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • [verbatim horizon attribute: "No verbatim horizon attribute"]
  • Georeference:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2007-11-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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