Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Bassariscops achoros
Full reference: D. Frailey. 1979. The large mammals of the Buda Local Fauna (Arikareean, Alachua County, Florida). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 24(2)
Belongs to Phlaocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Frailey 1979, Hayes 2000 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Phlaocyon annectens, Phlaocyon latidens, Phlaocyon leucosteus, Phlaocyon mariae, Phlaocyon marslandensis, Phlaocyon minor, Phlaocyon multicuspus, Phlaocyon taylori, Phlaocyon yatkolai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buda Mine, which is in a Chattian sinkhole claystone in the Crystal River Formation of Florida
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Buda Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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