Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Borophaginae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Archaeocyon, Borophagus, Otarocyon, Oxetocyon, Phlaocyonini, Rhizocyon
Subtaxa: Aelurodontina Borophagina Cormocyon Cynarctina Desmocyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (49: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Canada (17: Saskatchewan), Mexico (2), Panama (2), United States (417: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (27: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (3: South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (9: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 528 collections including 737 occurrences