Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: S. E. Jasinski and S. C. Wallace. 2015. A Borophagine canid (Carnivora: Canidae: Borophaginae) from the middle Miocene Chesapeake Group of eastern North America. Journal of Paleontology 89(6):1082-1088
Belongs to Cynarctus according to S. E. Jasinski and S. C. Wallace 2015
Sister taxa: Cynarctus crucidens, Cynarctus galushai, Cynarctus marylandica, Cynarctus saxatilis, Cynarctus voorhiesi
Type specimen: USNM 534040, a set of teeth (m1 and m2 from left mandible). Its type locality is Chesapeake Bay (Choptank), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Choptank Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Chesapeake Bay (Choptank)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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