†Tomarctus Cope 1873 (bone-crushing dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8
Parent taxon: Aelurodontina according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Gazin and Collins 1950, Hay 1902, Smith et al. 2016 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxon: Aelurodon
Subtaxa: Tomarctus brevirostris Tomarctus hippophaga
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (11: Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), Panama (2), United States (40: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 54 collections including 62 occurrences
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