Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1893. The Mammals of the Deep River Beds. The American Naturalist 27(319):659-662
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902 and Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Cynodesmus martini Cynodesmus thooides
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (5: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
• Oligocene of United States (10: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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