Cormocyon Wang and Tedford 1992 (bone-crushing dog)

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

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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

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