Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78
Parent taxon: Temnocyoninae according to R. M. Hunt 2011
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Hunt 1998 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Delotrochanter, Mammacyon, Rudiocyon
Subtaxa: Temnocyon altigenis Temnocyon ferox Temnocyon fingeruti Temnocyon macrogenys Temnocyon percussor Temnocyon subferox Temnocyon typicus
Type: Temnocyon altigenis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (4: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California, Oregon)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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