Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Alternative spelling: Paradaphaenus
Full reference: J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew. 1899. The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
Parent taxon: Daphoeninae according to C.A. Boyd and E. Welsh 2018
See also Barrett 2016, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Hunt 1998, Hunt 2001 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Adilophontes, Brachyrhynchocyon, Daphoenictis, Daphoenodon, Daphoenus
Subtaxa: Paradaphoenus cuspigerus Paradaphoenus minimus Paradaphoenus tooheyi
Type: Canis cuspigerus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (8: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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