Canis vitastensis was a species of wolf–like canid living in Plio-Pleistocene Kashmir. Its fossils were first discovered by B.S. Kotlia in Upper Karewa Formation.[1][2]
| Canis vitastensis | |
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| Ramus and lower second molar of Canis vitastensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | †C. vitastensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Canis vitastensis Kotlia, 1987 | |
References
edit- ↑ "A new Pleistocene canid from the Upper Karewas of Kashmir basin, India." Bahadur Singh Kotlia, Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, Volume 32, Issue 1
- ↑ "Large Mammals from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kashmir Inter-mountane Basin, India, with Reference to their Status in Magnetic Polarity Time Scale". Bahadur Singh Kotlia, EGQSJ, 40, 38–52, 1990