Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonym: Hypotemnodon Eyerman 1894
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Hough 1948, Matthew 1907, Stevens 1991, Swisher 1982, Wang 1994, Wang and Tedford 2008 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Mesocyon brachyops Mesocyon coryphaeus Mesocyon temnodon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (3: California, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (24: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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