Leptocyon vulpinus Matthew 1907 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combinations: Cynodesmus vulpinus, Nothocyon vulpinus

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219

Belongs to Leptocyon according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009

See also Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Matthew 1907, Wang 1994, Wang and Tedford 1992, Wang and Tedford 2008 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Leptocyon delicatus, Leptocyon douglassi, Leptocyon gregorii, Leptocyon leidyi, Leptocyon matthewi, Leptocyon mollis, Leptocyon tejonensis, Leptocyon vafer

Type specimen: Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 7, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: South Dakota)

• Arikareean of United States (2: California, Oregon)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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