Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Alternative combination: Paradaphoenus transversus

Full reference: J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew. 1899. The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138

Belongs to Daphoenus according to R. M. Hunt 1998

See also Hay 1902 and Wortman and Matthew 1899

Sister taxa: Canis lippincottianus, Daphoenus demilo, Daphoenus felinus, Daphoenus hartshornianus, Daphoenus lambei, Daphoenus robustus, Daphoenus ruber, Daphoenus socialis, Daphoenus vetus

Type specimen: AMNH 6851, a maxilla (rostrum)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Daphoenus transversus in the database

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