Carpocyon Webb 1969 (bone-crushing dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: S. D. Webb. 1969. The Pliocene Canidae of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(4):273-308

Parent taxon: Borophagina according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Wang et al. 1999, Wang et al. 2004 and Webb 1969

Sister taxa: Epicyon, Paratomarctus, Protepicyon

Subtaxa: Carpocyon compressus Carpocyon limosus Carpocyon robustus Carpocyon webbi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (4: Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma collections)

• Miocene of United States (43: Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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