Daphoenus felinus Scott 1898 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1898. Preliminary Note on the Selenodont Artiodactyls of the Uinta Formation. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 37(157):73-81

Belongs to Daphoenus according to J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew 1899

See also Bryant 1993, Hay 1902, Hough 1948, Hunt 1996, Lambe 1908, Scott 1898 and Scott and Jepsen 1936

Sister taxa: Canis lippincottianus, Daphoenus demilo, Daphoenus hartshornianus, Daphoenus lambei, Daphoenus robustus, Daphoenus ruber, Daphoenus socialis, Daphoenus transversus, Daphoenus vetus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cedar Creek (Hat Creek Basin) (Oligocene of Nebraska)

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