Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Hyaenocyon basilatus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1879. Observations on the faunae of the Miocene Tertiaries of Oregon. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 5(2):55-69
Belongs to Enhydrocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Cope 1879, Hay 1902, Matthew 1907, Wang 1994 and Wortman and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Enhydrocyon crassidens, Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa, Enhydrocyon stenocephalus, Hyaenocyon sectorius
Type specimen: AMNH 6904, a mandible (anterior half of mandible)
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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