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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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