Desmocyon 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

Parent taxon: Borophagini according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang and Tedford 2008

Sister taxa: Aelurodontina, Borophagina, Cormocyon, Cynarctina

Subtaxa: Cynodesmus petersoni Desmocyon matthewi Desmocyon thomsoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (17: California, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (24: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence

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