Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Tomarctus robustus
Full reference: M. Green. 1948. A new species of dog from the Lower Pliocene of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(4):81-90
Belongs to Carpocyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Green 1948 and Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Carpocyon compressus, Carpocyon limosus, Carpocyon webbi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ricardo, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Dove Spring Formation of California
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (12: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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