Euoplocyon Matthew 1924 (bone-crushing dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210

Parent taxon: Cynarctina according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Matthew 1924, Munthe 1998 and Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Cynarctus, Metatomarctus, Microtomarctus, Paracynarctus, Protomarctus, Psalidocyon, Tephrocyon

Subtaxa: Euoplocyon brachygnathus Euoplocyon spissidens

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Type: Euoplocyon praedator

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (7: California, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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