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: Borophaginae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang and Tedford 2008
Sister taxa: Archaeocyon, Borophagini, Borophagus, Otarocyon, Oxetocyon, Rhizocyon
Subtaxa: Cynarctoides Phlaocyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (61: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (27: Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (7: California, Florida, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (17: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 112 collections including 127 occurrences