Otarocyon Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392

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

See also Korth et al. 2022 and Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Archaeocyon, Borophagini, Borophagus, Oxetocyon, Phlaocyonini, Rhizocyon

Subtaxa: Otarocyon cooki Otarocyon cuspidatus Otarocyon macdonaldi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (4: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Montana, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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