Delotrochanter oryktes Hunt, Jr. 2011 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2011. Evolution of Large Carnivores During the Mid-Cenozoic of North America: The Temnocyonine Radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 358:1-153

Belongs to Delotrochanter according to R. M. Hunt 2011

Sister taxa: Delotrochanter major, Delotrochanter petersoni

Type specimen: ACM 4804, a partial skull. Its type locality is Stenomylus Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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