Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Munthe 1998 and Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Paraenhydrocyon josephi Paraenhydrocyon robustus Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (9: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (6: Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Oregon, Washington)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
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