Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combinations: Tephrocyon scitulus, Tomarctus scitulus
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1924. Description of some fossil vertebrates from the Upper Miocene of Texas. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 37:1-18
Belongs to Osbornodon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Green 1948, Hay 1924, Wang 1994, Wang 2003 and Wilson 1960
Sister taxa: Osbornodon brachypus, Osbornodon fricki, Osbornodon iamonensis, Osbornodon renjiei, Osbornodon sesnoni, Osbornodon wangi
Type specimen: TMM-TAMU 2380. Its type locality is Garvin Gully, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Oakville Formation of Texas.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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