Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Hesperocyon leptodus, Nothocyon leptodus
Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189
Belongs to Archaeocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Archaeocyon falkenbachi, Archaeocyon pavidus
Type specimen: MCZ 2878, a mandible. Its type locality is North Platte River, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (13: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (14: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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