†Daphoenodon superbus Peterson 1907

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Alternative combination: Amphicyon superbus

Synonym: Daphoenodon periculosus Cook 1909

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1907. The Miocene Beds of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming and Their Vertebrate Faunae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4(3):21-72

Belongs to Daphoenodon according to R. M. Hunt 1998

See also Alroy 2002, Cook 1909, Frailey 1979, Peterson 1907, Peterson 1909 and Peterson 1910

Sister taxa: Daphoenodon (Borocyon), Daphoenodon falkenbachi, Daphoenodon notionastes, Daphoenodon skinneri

Type specimens:

  • Daphoenodon superbus: CM 1589, a skeleton (practically complete skeleton). Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
  • Daphoenodon periculosus: HC 222, a mandible.

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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