Allocyon Merriam 1930 (carnivoran)

Mammalia - Carnivora

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1930. Allocyon, a new canid genus from the John Day Beds of Oregon. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(9):229-245

Parent taxon: Arctoidea according to R.S. Paterson et al. 2020

See also Carroll 1988, Hunt 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997, Merriam 1930 and Wang et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Amphicticeps, Arctomorpha, Mustelida, Musteloidea, Nothocyon, Panpinnipedia, Semantor, Ursida

Subtaxa: Allocyon loganensis

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Type: Allocyon loganensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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