| 词条 | Vulpes riffautae |
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| fossil_range = late Miocene | genus = Vulpes | species = riffautae | authority = de Bonis et al., 2007[1] }} Vulpes riffautae is an extinct species of fox from the late Miocene of Chad (approximately 7 ma). Fossils of V. riffautae potentially represent the earliest record of the dog family, Canidae, in the Old World.[1] V. riffautae was intermediate in size between Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii) and the fennec fox (V. zerda). References1. ^1 {{cite journal | author = De Bonis, L. |author2=Peigné, S. |author3=Likius, A. |author4=MacKaye, H.T. |author5=Vignaud, P. |author6= Brunet, M. | year = 2007 | title = The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad | journal = Naturwissenschaften | volume = 94 | issue = 7 | pages = 575–580 | url = http://www.springerlink.com/index/D873832U57615708.pdf | accessdate = 2008-05-06 | doi = 10.1007/s00114-007-0230-6 | pmid = 17361401}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3295059}}{{paleo-carnivora-stub}}{{canid-stub}} 5 : Prehistoric canines|Miocene mammals of Africa|Vulpes|Miocene canids|Fossil taxa described in 2007 |
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