Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Aelurodon saevus, Canis saevus
Synonyms: Aelurodon inflatus VanderHoof and Gregory 1940, Epicyon inflatus VanderHoof and Gregory 1940
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Belongs to Epicyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Baskin 1980, Baskin 1998, Cope 1881, Hay 1902, Leidy 1858, Leidy 1873, Matthew and Gidley 1904, McGrew 1944, Munthe 1989, Scott and Osborn 1890, Troxell 1915, VanderHoof and Gregory 1940, Voorhies 1990 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aelurodon saevus secundus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (12: California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
• Miocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (59: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
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