Mesocyon Scott 1890 (canid)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonym: Hypotemnodon Eyerman 1894

Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Hough 1948, Matthew 1907, Stevens 1991, Swisher 1982, Wang 1994, Wang and Tedford 2008 and Wortman and Matthew 1899

Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka

Subtaxa: Mesocyon brachyops Mesocyon coryphaeus Mesocyon temnodon

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (3: California, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (24: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences

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