Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Tephrocyon confertus, Tomarctus confertus
Synonym: Tomarctus paulus Henshaw 1942
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1918. Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(7):183-229
Belongs to Microtomarctus according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Downs 1956, Green 1948, Henshaw 1942, Matthew 1918, Matthew 1924 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Microtomarctus conferta: Its type locality is Far Surface Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska
- Tomarctus paulus: Its type locality is Tonopah, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nevada.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (35: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
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