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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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