Otarocyon macdonaldi Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)

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

Belongs to Otarocyon according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022

See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Otarocyon cooki, Otarocyon cuspidatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is South of White River, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Montana, South Dakota collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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