Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Belongs to Enhydrocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Hayes 2000, Macdonald 1963, Swisher 1982 and Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Enhydrocyon basilatus, Enhydrocyon crassidens, Enhydrocyon stenocephalus, Hyaenocyon sectorius
Type specimen: SDSM 53325, a mandible (complete right ramus). Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5361), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (4: Florida, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (5: South Dakota)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.