Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Cynodictis temnodon, Hesperocyon temnodon, Nothocyon temnodon, Pseudocynodictis temnodon
Belongs to Mesocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Galbreath 1953, Green 1952, Hay 1902, Matthew 1924, Wang 1994 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Mesocyon brachyops, Mesocyon coryphaeus
Type specimen: AMNH 8753, a mandible (partial left ramus). Its type locality is Vista, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (19: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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