Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Nothocyon annectens
Synonyms: Bassariscops willistoni Peterson 1923, Phlaocyon willistoni Peterson 1923
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 Phlaocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Frailey 1979, Peterson 1907, Peterson 1923, Peterson 1928, Vanderhill 1980 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Phlaocyon achoros, Phlaocyon latidens, Phlaocyon leucosteus, Phlaocyon mariae, Phlaocyon marslandensis, Phlaocyon minor, Phlaocyon multicuspus, Phlaocyon taylori, Phlaocyon yatkolai
Type specimens:
- Phlaocyon annectens: CM 1602, a partial skull (the upper and lower jaws, the dentition being complete with the exception of the lower incisors). Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
- Phlaocyon willistoni: CM 11332, 11333, a partial skull.
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (8: Nebraska, Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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