Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894 (bone-crushing dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonyms: Euoplocyon magnus Matthew 1924, Tomarctus propter Cook and Macdonald 1962

Full reference: J.B. Hatcher. 1894. On a Small Collection of Vertebrate Fossils from the Loup Fork Beds of Northwestern Nebraska; with Note on the Geology of the Region. The American Naturalist 28(327):236-248

Belongs to Aelurodon according to S. R. May 2019

See also Cook and Macdonald 1962, Hatcher 1894, Hay 1902, Matthew 1924, VanderHoof and Gregory 1940, Wang et al. 1999, Wang et al. 2008 and Wang et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Aelurodon asthenostylus, Aelurodon ferox, Aelurodon mcgrewi, Aelurodon montanensis, Aelurodon stirtoni

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of United States (65: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 67 collections each including a single occurrence

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