Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392
Belongs to Otarocyon according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Otarocyon cooki, Otarocyon cuspidatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is South of White River, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Montana, South Dakota collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.