Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Brachyrhynchocyon sesnoni
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1967. A New Species of Late Oligocene Dog, Brachyrhynchocyon sesnoni, From South Dakota. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 126:1-5
Belongs to Osbornodon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Macdonald 1967, Wang 1994 and Wang and Tedford 1996
Sister taxa: Osbornodon brachypus, Osbornodon fricki, Osbornodon iamonensis, Osbornodon renjiei, Osbornodon scitulus, Osbornodon wangi
Type specimen: LACM 17039, a partial skeleton (partial skull and mandible plus postcranial fragments). Its type locality is Wolff Ranch (LACM 2002), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Oregon, South Dakota collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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