Daphoenodon minor Hunt 2009 (bear-dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae

Full reference: R. M. Hunt. 2009. Earliest record of Daphoenodon in the Great Plains and the Arikareean temporal hiatus within Daphoenine Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in North America. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65:445-464

Belongs to Daphoenodon according to R. M. Hunt 2009

Sister taxa: Daphoenodon (Borocyon), Daphoenodon falkenbachi, Daphoenodon notionastes, Daphoenodon skinneri, Daphoenodon superbus

Type specimen: YPM-PU 11554, a mandible (Complete left mandible with c (worn), p2-m3, p1 root, and alveoli for i1-3). Its type locality is Van Tassell Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Van Tassell Creek

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