Phlaocyon annectens

Phlaocyon annectens
Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Subfamily:†Borophaginae
Tribe:†Phlaocyonini
Genus:†Phlaocyon
Species: †P. annectens
Binomial name
Phlaocyon annectens
Synonyms

Phlaocyon annectens is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid endemic to central and western North America from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene living 24.6—20.8 mya and existed for approximately 4.2 million years.

Taxonomy

Phlaocyon annectens was named by Peterson 1907. Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Upper Harrison Beds Formation of Nebraska. It was recombined as Phlaocyon annectens by Vanderhill (1980) and Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999.

Morphology

Body mass

Legendre & Roth 1988 estimated the body mass of two specimens to be 1.81–1.87 kilograms (4.0–4.1 lb).

Fossil distribution

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Castolon (TMM 40635) (of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved September 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ "American Museum-Cook Quarry (of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved September 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

Sources

  • Legendre, S.; Roth, C. (1988). "Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia)". Historical Biology. 1 (1): 85–98. doi:10.1080/08912968809386468.
  • Martin, L.D. 1989. Fossil history of the terrestrial carnivora. Pages 536 - 568 in J.L. Gittleman, editor. Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, Vol. 1. Comstock Publishing Associates: Ithaca.
  • Peterson, O. A. (1907). "The Miocene beds of western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming and their vertebrate faunae". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 4: 21–72. Retrieved September 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  • Wang, X.; Tedford, R. H.; Taylor, B. E. (1999). "Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 243. Retrieved September 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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