Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Cynarctus acridens, Notharctus acridens
Synonyms: Cynarctoides mustelinus Matthew 1932, Cynarctus mustelinus Matthew 1932
Full reference: E. H. Barbour and H. J. Cook. 1914. Two new fossil dogs of the genus Cynarctus from Nebraska. Nebraska Geological Survey 4(15):225-227
Belongs to Cynarctoides according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Barbour and Cook 1914, Matthew 1932, McGrew 1938, McGrew 1938, Munthe 1988 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cynarctoides emryi, Cynarctoides gawnae, Cynarctoides harlowi, Cynarctoides lemur, Cynarctoides luskensis, Cynarctoides roii, Cynarctoides whistleri
Type specimens:
- Cynarctoides acridens: HC 144, a mandible. Its type locality is American Museum-Cook Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
- Cynarctus mustelinus: AMNH 20502, a mandible (lower jaw fragment with m1-2). Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (41: California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (6: Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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