Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: R. H. Tedford and X. Wang. 2008. Metalopex, a new genus of fox (Carnivora: Canidae: Vulpini) from the late Miocene of western North America. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 41:273-278
Parent taxon: Vulpini according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009
See also Tedford and Wang 2008 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Ferrucyon, Otocyon, Prototocyon, Urocyon
Subtaxa: Metalopex bakeri Metalopex macconnelli Metalopex merriami
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (5: California, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas collections)
• Miocene of United States (6: Arizona, California, Oregon)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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