Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Alternative combinations: Daphoenocyon dodgei, Daphoenus dodgei
Synonyms: Daphoenocyon minor Clark 1967, Daphoenus canadensis Russell 1934, Miacis matthewi Schlaikjer 1935
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1898. Preliminary Note on the Selenodont Artiodactyls of the Uinta Formation. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 37(157):73-81
Belongs to Brachyrhynchocyon according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Bryant 1993, Clark and Beerbower 1967, Gustafson 1986, Hay 1902, Hough 1948, Hunt 1996, Kihm 1987, Schlaikjer 1935, Scott 1898 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Brachyrhynchocyon intermedius, Brachyrhynchocyon montanus
Type specimens:
- Brachyrhynchocyon dodgei: PU 11422. Its type locality is Whitehead Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the "Titanotherium Beds" Formation of Nebraska.
- Daphoenocyon minor: Its type locality is Ahearn, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
- Daphoenus canadensis:
- Miacis matthewi:
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (13: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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