Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1906. Carnivora From the Tertiary Formations of the John Day Region. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(1):1-64
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988 and Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Philotrox condoni
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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