Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang and R. H. Tedford. 1992. The status of genus Nothocyon Matthew, 1899 (Carnivora): an arctoid not a canid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):223-229
Parent taxon: Borophagini according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Wang and Tedford 1992 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Aelurodontina, Borophagina, Cynarctina, Desmocyon
Subtaxa: Cormocyon copei Cormocyon haydeni
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (2: South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (9: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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