Cynarctus saxatilis Matthew 1902 (bone-crushing dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1902. New canidae from the Miocene of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(21):281-290

Belongs to Cynarctus according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Matthew 1902, McGrew 1938 and Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Cynarctus crucidens, Cynarctus galushai, Cynarctus marylandica, Cynarctus voorhiesi, Cynarctus wangi

Type specimen: AMNH 9453, a mandible. Its type locality is Cedar Creek, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (8: Colorado, Nebraska collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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