Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392
Belongs to Cynarctoides according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cynarctoides acridens, Cynarctoides gawnae, Cynarctoides harlowi, Cynarctoides lemur, Cynarctoides luskensis, Cynarctoides roii, Cynarctoides whistleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hemingford Quarry 7B, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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