Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Strobodon stirtoni
Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392
Belongs to Aelurodon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang et al. 1999 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Aelurodon asthenostylus, Aelurodon ferox, Aelurodon mcgrewi, Aelurodon montanensis, Aelurodon taxoides
Type specimen: UCMP V-33474, a maxilla. Its type locality is Fence Line, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: Nebraska, New Mexico collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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