Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392
Parent taxon: Borophagini according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang et al. 1999 and Wang et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Borophagina, Cormocyon, Cynarctina, Desmocyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Nebraska collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Canada (11: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), Panama (2), United States (195: California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 212 collections including 227 occurrences