Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392
Parent taxon: Borophagini according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aelurodontina, Cormocyon, Cynarctina, Desmocyon
Subtaxa: Carpocyon Epicyon Paratomarctus Protepicyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (48: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas collections)
• Miocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (175: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 230 collections including 279 occurrences