Osbornodon renjiei Wang 1994 (canid)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207

Belongs to Osbornodon according to E. Welsh 2014

See also Wang 1994 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Osbornodon brachypus, Osbornodon fricki, Osbornodon iamonensis, Osbornodon scitulus, Osbornodon sesnoni, Osbornodon wangi

Type specimen: F:AM 63316, a partial skull (maxillary and mandible fragments). Its type locality is Dickinson Member (Woodland), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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