Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Cynodesmus euthos, Tomarctus euthos
Full reference: P. O. McGrew. 1935. A new Cynodesmus from the Lower Pliocene of Nebraska with notes on the phylogeny of the dogs. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(10):305-312
Belongs to Paratomarctus according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Downs 1956, Green 1948, Macdonald 1960, McGrew 1935, Munthe 1998, Voorhies 1990, Wang 1994, Wang et al. 1999, Webb 1969 and White 1941
Sister taxon: Paratomarctus temerarius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gordon Creek Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (26: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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