Full reference: J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew. 1899. The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
Parent taxon: Arctoidea according to X. Wang and R. H. Tedford 1992
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Allocyon, Amphicticeps, Arctomorpha, Mustelida, Musteloidea, Panpinnipedia, Semantor, Ursida
Subtaxa: Nothocyon (Galecynus) Nothocyon geismarianus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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