Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonyms: Prohyaena Schlosser 1890, Strobodon Webb 1969
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Aelurodontina according to S. R. May 2019
See also Baskin 1980, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Henshaw 1942, Matthew 1904, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Tedford and Barghoorn 1993, VanderHoof and Gregory 1940, Wang et al. 1999, Wang et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2004 and Webb 1969
Sister taxon: Tomarctus
Subtaxa: Aelurodon asthenostylus Aelurodon ferox Aelurodon mcgrewi Aelurodon montanensis Aelurodon stirtoni Aelurodon taxoides
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Nebraska collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (159: California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 162 collections including 165 occurrences
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