MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-10991

Canis dirus Leidy

Syntype of Canis mississippiensis

Date Collected:

1857-01-01/1857-12-31

North America: United States: Iowa | [Masked]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-10991 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-10991 Description: Photograph of a femur in lateral view of MCZ VPM-10991, Canis dirus.; Aspect: lateral

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Current Identification
Canis dirus Leidy
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Canidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Canis mississippiensis Allen, 1876
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Canidae
Determiner: Joel Asaph Allenlinked data icon in 1876
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Publication dated 1876

Allen 1876, page 49, Syntype of Canis mississippiensis Allen, 1876 doi: 10.2475/ajs.s3-11.61.47 linked data icon
Noted as co-types in specimen remarks. Publication meets definition for syntypes. Eva Biedron, 7/10/23.

  • previous number: 13
  • previous number: MCZ BOM-10991

Part Condition Disposition Count
appendicular skeleton (fossil) unchecked unknown 1 History
Remarks: imperfect femur

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  • Cotypes of Canis mississippiensis; Des. Am. Jour. Sci. (3) Vol. 11, p. 48, Jan 1876; Transferred from MCZ Mammal collection 1960-1980s.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Iowa
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007253 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:
  • could not find a blue mounds in iowa. there's a blue mounds in iowa county, WI
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1857-01-01 / 1857-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1857
  • Collector:
  • Josiah Dwight Whitney

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  • [Masked]

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