†Euoplocyon brachygnathus Douglass 1903 (bone-crushing dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Aelurodon brachygnathus
Synonym: Euoplocyon praedator Matthew 1924
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199
Belongs to Euoplocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Douglass 1903, Matthew 1924, Matthew and Gidley 1904, McGrew 1944, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, VanderHoof and Gregory 1940 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxon: Euoplocyon spissidens
Type specimens:
- Euoplocyon brachygnathus: Its type locality is Flint Creek Beds, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Montana
- Euoplocyon praedator: Its type locality is Trojan Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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