Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1902. New canidae from the Miocene of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(21):281-290
Parent taxon: Cynarctina according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Matthew 1902, McGrew 1938 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Euoplocyon, Metatomarctus, Microtomarctus, Paracynarctus, Protomarctus, Psalidocyon, Tephrocyon
Subtaxa: Cynarctus crucidens Cynarctus galushai Cynarctus marylandica Cynarctus saxatilis Cynarctus voorhiesi Cynarctus wangi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (41: California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington collections)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
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