Delotrochanter petersoni Hunt, Jr. 2011 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2011. Evolution of Large Carnivores During the Mid-Cenozoic of North America: The Temnocyonine Radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 358:1-153

Belongs to Delotrochanter according to R. M. Hunt 2011

Sister taxa: Delotrochanter major, Delotrochanter oryktes

Type specimen: CM 1603, a mandible

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monroe Creek (Type) (Oligocene of Nebraska)

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