Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Aelurodon pugnator, Osteoborus pugnator, Porthocyon pugnator
Synonym: Osteoborus galushai Webb 1969
Belongs to Borophagus according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Matthew 1924, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Munthe 1998, Richey 1979, Stirton 1939, Stirton and VanderHoof 1933, Tseng and Geisler 2016, VanderHoof 1931, VanderHoof and Gregory 1940 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Borophagus diversidens, Borophagus dudleyi, Borophagus hilli, Borophagus littoralis, Borophagus orc, Borophagus parvus, Borophagus secundus, Dinocyon (Borophagus) meandrinus, Porthocyon matthewi, Osteoborus crassipinaetus
Type specimens:
- Borophagus pugnator: Its type locality is Wray, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Colorado
- Osteoborus galushai: F:AM 61671, 61672, a mandible. Its type locality is Mixson's Bone Bed, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (16: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: Idaho, Oregon)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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