Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Aletocyon multicuspus
Full reference: A. S. Romer and A. H. Sutton. 1927. A new arctoid carnivore from the Lower Miocene. The American Journal of Science, series 5 14(84):459-464
Belongs to Phlaocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Romer and Sutton 1927 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Phlaocyon achoros, Phlaocyon annectens, Phlaocyon latidens, Phlaocyon leucosteus, Phlaocyon mariae, Phlaocyon marslandensis, Phlaocyon minor, Phlaocyon taylori, Phlaocyon yatkolai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Raw Hide Buttes (Lower Harrison), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Raw Hide Buttes (Lower Harrison)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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