''Phlaocyon latidens'' is an extinct species of the genus ''

Phlaocyon ''Phlaocyon'' (from Greek ''phlao'', "eat greedily" and ''cyon'', "dog") is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lives from the Early Oligocene to the Early Miocene epoch 33.3–16.3 Mya, existing ...

'', belonging to the

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Borophaginae The extinct Borophaginae form one of three subfamilies found within the canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Hesperocyoninae and extant Caninae. Borophaginae, called "bone-crushing dogs", were endemic to North America du ...

and tribe

Phlaocyonini Phlaocyonini is an extinct clade or tribe of hypocarnivorous borophagines (bone-crushing dogs). They were endemic to North America and from the Oligocene epoch (Whitneyan stage) to the Miocene ( Early Barstovian) living ~33.3–5.3 Ma, exi ...

, a canid which inhabited northwestern

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from the Late Oligocene to

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living 33.3–20.6

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and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

''Phlaocyon latidens'' was originally named ''Galecynus latidens'' by . It was recombined as ''Cynodictis latidens'' by ; it was recombined as ''Nothocyon latidens'' by , Merriam (1906), , , Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as ''Cormocyon latidens'' by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as ''Phlaocyon latidens'' by .

Morphology

Body mass

estimated the

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of two specimens to be .

Fossil distribution

*North Blue Basin Site, John Day Formation,

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~33.3–30.8 Ma. *Foree Site, John Day Formation,

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~30.8–20.6 Ma.

References

Notes

Sources

* * 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. * * * * * * Borophagines Oligocene canids Miocene canids Aquitanian species extinctions Oligocene species first appearances Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope {{paleo-carnivora-stub