Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonym: Hyaenocyon Cope 1879
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1879. Observations on the faunae of the Miocene Tertiaries of Oregon. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 5(2):55-69
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Cope 1879, Hay 1902, Matthew 1907, Munthe 1998, Wang 1994 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Enhydrocyon basilatus Enhydrocyon crassidens Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Enhydrocyon stenocephalus Hyaenocyon sectorius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (6: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (10: Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (13: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
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