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, Wang 1994 and Welsh 2014
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Osbornodon brachypus Osbornodon fricki Osbornodon iamonensis Osbornodon renjiei Osbornodon scitulus Osbornodon sesnoni Osbornodon wangi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (21: California, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Florida, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (6: Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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