Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Borophagina according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Carpocyon, Paratomarctus, Protepicyon
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (45: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas collections)
• Miocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (86: Arizona, California, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 138 collections including 155 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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