Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonym: Cynarctus fortidens Hall and Dalquest 1962
Full reference: E. H. Barbour and H. J. Cook. 1914. Two new fossil dogs of the genus Cynarctus from Nebraska. Nebraska Geological Survey 4(15):225-227
Belongs to Cynarctus according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Barbour and Cook 1914, Corner 1976, Hall and Dalquest 1962 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cynarctus galushai, Cynarctus marylandica, Cynarctus saxatilis, Cynarctus voorhiesi, Cynarctus wangi
Type specimens:
- Cynarctus crucidens: UNSM 2-2-11-13, a mandible (a right lower jaw, with nearly complete dentition ). Its type locality is Whitford's Quarry No. 2, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
- Cynarctus fortidens: Its type locality is Noble Ranch, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (16: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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