Archaeocyon falkenbachi Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

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 Archaeocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Archaeocyon leptodus, Archaeocyon pavidus

Type specimen: F:AM 49029, a partial skull. Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Big Muddy Creek

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