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Vulpes skinneri
''Vulpes skinneri'' is a species of extinct fox in the genus ''Vulpes'' of the early Pleistocene, identified based on fossil remains dated to about 2 million years ago. The species is known from a single partial skeleton discovered in the Malapa Fossil Site at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa and is associated with the fossil hominin remains of Australopithecus sediba. The fossils have been dated to between 1.977 and 1.980 million years ago.〔 Hartstone-Rose and colleagues described the remains as a newly discovered species of Fox called ''Vulpes skinneri'' (''Vulpes'' for the genus of Old World foxes and ''skinneri'' after the well known deceased African mammalogist John Skinner)〔 of the early Pleistocene, identified based on fossil remains dated to about 2 million years ago.〔
==Discovery==
The Type specimen of ''V. skinneri'' was discovered during preparation of fossil bearing blocks from Malapa. The find was announced to the public on January 16, 2013.
Also found at the Malapa archeological site were a variety of animal fossils, including saber-toothed cats, mongooses, and antelopes.〔
Berger and geologist Paul Dirks speculated that the animals might have fallen into a deep, "death-trap", perhaps lured by the scent of water.〔 The bodies may have then been swept into a pool of water rich with lime, and with sand at the bottom, making it possible for the remains to become fossilized.
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