Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Munthe 1998 and Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Ectopocynus antiquus Ectopocynus intermedius Ectopocynus simplicidens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska collections)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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