†Daphoenodon skinneri Hunt, Jr. 2002 (bear-dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Full reference: R. M. Hunt, Jr. 2002. New amphicyonid carnivorans (Mammalia, Daphoeninae) from the early Miocene of southeastern Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 3385:1-41
Belongs to Daphoenodon according to R. M. Hunt 2002
Sister taxa: Daphoenodon (Borocyon), Daphoenodon falkenbachi, Daphoenodon notionastes, Daphoenodon superbus
Type specimen: F:AM 70801, a skull (crushed skull with complete dentition and associated mandibles). Its type locality is Royal Valley, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Royal Valley
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