Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Alternative combination: Amphicyon superbus
Synonym: Daphoenodon periculosus Cook 1909
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1907. The Miocene Beds of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming and Their Vertebrate Faunae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4(3):21-72
Belongs to Daphoenodon according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Cook 1909, Frailey 1979, Peterson 1907, Peterson 1909 and Peterson 1910
Sister taxa: Daphoenodon (Borocyon), Daphoenodon falkenbachi, Daphoenodon notionastes, Daphoenodon skinneri
Type specimens:
- Daphoenodon superbus: CM 1589, a skeleton (practically complete skeleton). Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
- Daphoenodon periculosus: HC 222, a mandible.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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