Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218
Belongs to Leptocyon according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Leptocyon delicatus, Leptocyon douglassi, Leptocyon gregorii, Leptocyon leidyi, Leptocyon mollis, Leptocyon tejonensis, Leptocyon vafer, Leptocyon vulpinus
Type specimen: F:AM 25198, a mandible. Its type locality is Bear Creek Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (18: Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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