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
Sister taxa: Aelurodontina, Borophagina, Cormocyon, Desmocyon
Subtaxa: Cynarctus Euoplocyon Metatomarctus Microtomarctus Paracynarctus Protomarctus Psalidocyon Tephrocyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (149: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming collections)
Total: 149 collections including 172 occurrences