Epicyon aelurodontoides Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)

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 Epicyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

See also Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is South of Young Brothers Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at South of Young Brothers Ranch

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