†Tephrocyon Merriam 1906 (bone-crushing dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1906. Carnivora From the Tertiary Formations of the John Day Region. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(1):1-64
Parent taxon: Cynarctina according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Bode 1935, Green 1948, Matthew 1924, Munthe 1998, Stirton 1940, Wang et al. 1999 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Cynarctus, Euoplocyon, Metatomarctus, Microtomarctus, Paracynarctus, Protomarctus, Psalidocyon
Subtaxa: Tephrocyon rurestris
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: Nebraska, Oregon collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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