Canis senezensis
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Canis senezensis is an extinct species of early canid known from fossil remains found in Senez, France, dating to the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canis accitanus | 1 |
| Canis senezensis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canis senezensis Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis senezensis]
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A.
Canis apolloniensis
Canis apolloniensis is an extinct canid species known from fossil remains and considered part of the evolutionary lineage of the genus Canis.
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B.
Canis lepophagus
Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
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C.
Canis mosbachensis
Canis mosbachensis is an extinct species of early wolf-like canid from the Pleistocene of Eurasia, considered an ancestor or close relative of the modern gray wolf.
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D.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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E.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canis senezensis Target entity description: Canis senezensis is an extinct species of early canid known from fossil remains found in Senez, France, dating to the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene.
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A.
Canis apolloniensis
Canis apolloniensis is an extinct canid species known from fossil remains and considered part of the evolutionary lineage of the genus Canis.
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B.
Canis lepophagus
Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
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C.
Canis mosbachensis
Canis mosbachensis is an extinct species of early wolf-like canid from the Pleistocene of Eurasia, considered an ancestor or close relative of the modern gray wolf.
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D.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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E.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ fossil taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
early Canis
ⓘ
early canids ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| describedAs | early representative of genus Canis ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| environment | late Neogene Europe ⓘ |
| evolutionarySignificance | early member of wolf-like canids ⓘ |
| family | Canidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilType |
cranial remains
ⓘ
dental remains ⓘ postcranial remains ⓘ |
| genus | Canis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalEpoch |
Pleistocene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFromFossils | Senez, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeHabit | terrestrial ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
Early Pleistocene
ⓘ
Late Pliocene ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Canis senezensis Description of subject: Canis senezensis is an extinct species of early canid known from fossil remains found in Senez, France, dating to the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Canis accitanus