Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonyms: Alloeodectes Russell 1984, Pseudocynodictis Schlosser 1902
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Bryant 1993, Carroll 1988, Clark and Guensburg 1972, Green 1952, Gustafson 1986, Korth 1994, Korth et al. 2022, Lofgren et al. 2020, Macdonald 1970, Matthew 1918, Russell 1984, Wang 1994 and Wang and Tedford 1996
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Prohesperocyon, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Hesperocyon coloradensis Hesperocyon gregarius
Type: Prohesperocyon wilsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (108: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (54: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 172 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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