Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219
Belongs to Enhydrocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Matthew 1907 and Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Enhydrocyon basilatus, Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Enhydrocyon stenocephalus, Hyaenocyon sectorius
Type specimen: AMNH 12886, a partial skeleton (skull, lower jaws, and partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Monroe Creek (AMNH Rosebud 12), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (5: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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