Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Nothocyon harlowi, Pachycynodon harlowi
Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1932. The small carnivores of the Miocene. American Journal of Science 24(142):316-329
Belongs to Cynarctoides according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Loomis 1932, Macdonald 1963 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cynarctoides acridens, Cynarctoides emryi, Cynarctoides gawnae, Cynarctoides lemur, Cynarctoides luskensis, Cynarctoides roii, Cynarctoides whistleri
Type specimen: Amherst College 31-34, a mandible (both lower jaws). Its type locality is Van Tassel (Upper), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Van Tassel (Upper)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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