Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Invalid subtaxa: Brachicyon Loomis 1931 [replaced name], Daphoenocyon Hough 1948
Full reference: W. B. Scott and G. L. Jepsen. 1936. The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene: Part I. Insectivora and Carnivora. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28(1):1-153
Parent taxon: Daphoeninae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Hunt 1996, Loomis 1931 and Scott and Jepsen 1936
Sister taxa: Adilophontes, Daphoenictis, Daphoenodon, Daphoenus, Paradaphoenus
Subtaxa: Brachyrhynchocyon dodgei Brachyrhynchocyon intermedius Brachyrhynchocyon montanus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (28: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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