Canidae

Canidae is a biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is a canid, colloquially referred to as dogs. The family includes three subfamilies: the Caninae, and the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae. The Caninae are the canines, and include domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, raccoon dogs, foxes, jackals, and other species.

Canidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
canidPBDB
Sits inside
CarnivoraPBDB
Diet
carnivore, omnivorePBDB
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 39 million years on record.

The record covers at least 39.7 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 3490 occurrencesEocene — about 66 of 3490 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 315 of 3490 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1339 of 3490 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 292 of 3490 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1256 of 3490 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–36 Mya — about 17 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 37 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 84 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 61 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 46 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 46 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 50 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 41 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 59 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 60 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 146 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 190 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 198 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 206 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 216 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 118 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 116 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 162 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 335 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 1296 occurrences39.7 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

3,490 occurrences of Canidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

3,490 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

279 formations

Ash Hollow — 42.60°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.39°N, 98.10°WAsh Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 43.30°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 101.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.50°N, 103.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.70°N, 103.10°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 43.40°N, 100.60°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.10°N, 103.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 105.10°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WValentine — 42.81°N, 100.05°WValentine — 42.70°N, 102.50°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WBrule — 42.90°N, 105.20°WBrule — 42.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 42.40°N, 103.80°WBrule — 40.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.90°N, 102.40°WBrule — 43.30°N, 102.50°WBrule — 46.90°N, 102.80°WBrule — 42.00°N, 104.20°WBrule — 41.80°N, 103.80°WBrule — 46.40°N, 103.30°WBrule — 43.50°N, 101.90°WBrule — 41.70°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.20°N, 103.20°WBrule — 41.50°N, 103.80°WBrule — 43.75°N, 101.94°WRunningwater — 42.80°N, 103.10°WRunningwater — 42.75°N, 102.02°WRunningwater — 42.20°N, 103.10°WRunningwater — 41.70°N, 103.10°WRunningwater — 42.70°N, 102.50°WRunningwater — 42.37°N, 103.32°WRunningwater — 42.80°N, 100.80°WBarstow — 34.80°N, 117.00°WBarstow — 35.05°N, 117.07°WBarstow — 35.07°N, 117.08°WOlcott — 42.40°N, 103.80°WOlcott — 42.19°N, 103.73°WSharps — 43.30°N, 102.50°WSharps — 43.50°N, 101.90°WJohn Day — 44.67°N, 119.63°WJohn Day — 44.60°N, 119.62°WJohn Day — 44.67°N, 119.65°WJohn Day — 44.90°N, 120.20°WJohn Day — 44.83°N, 119.74°WJohn Day — 44.83°N, 119.76°WJohn Day — 44.50°N, 119.30°WJohn Day — 44.85°N, 121.27°WTesuque — 36.50°N, 107.00°WTesuque — 35.50°N, 106.20°WMarsland — 42.40°N, 103.80°WMarsland — 42.42°N, 103.87°WMarsland — 43.00°N, 104.50°WMarsland — 42.10°N, 105.00°WMarsland — 42.00°N, 104.20°WMarsland — 42.62°N, 104.40°WMarsland — 42.20°N, 103.10°WHarrison — 43.30°N, 102.50°WHarrison — 42.00°N, 104.20°WHarrison — 42.40°N, 103.80°WHarrison — 43.00°N, 104.50°WSheep Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WSnake Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WPalm Spring — 32.90°N, 117.10°WOgallala — 35.70°N, 102.30°WOgallala — 36.80°N, 100.50°WOgallala — 36.10°N, 99.80°WOgallala — 36.70°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 38.90°N, 101.70°WOgallala — 35.40°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 37.20°N, 99.90°WOgallala — 39.08°N, 99.75°WOgallala — 35.68°N, 99.60°WOgallala — 39.95°N, 99.53°WOgallala — 35.54°N, 99.86°WArikaree — 43.20°N, 107.10°WArikaree — 43.20°N, 108.20°WGlenns Ferry — 42.80°N, 114.90°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 118.00°WWood Mountain — 49.20°N, 106.20°WWood Mountain — 49.17°N, 105.99°WVogel River Series — 3.22°S, 35.22°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EPeace River — 27.90°N, 81.80°WPeace River — 27.70°N, 81.85°WPeace River — 27.50°N, 82.50°WPeace River — 27.68°N, 81.95°WSwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EDove Spring — 35.30°N, 118.50°WDove Spring — 35.37°N, 117.99°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.10°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.40°WChadron — 45.47°N, 112.62°WChadron — 46.10°N, 103.30°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 42.75°N, 103.65°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.40°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°W

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The named rock units Canidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 255 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,719 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Canidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Canidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

874 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,289 sites for Canidae, and this reads 240 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

908 references

Each of the 3,490 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. 896 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 content3

Picture of Canidae

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PresN
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Commercial use
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Structured light scan

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Specimen
Canidae indet. · UF:VP:94744

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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The description on this site

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

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What may have been alongside itCarnivora through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

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