''Euoplocyon'' is an extinct genus of the

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 ...

subfamily of

canid Canidae (; from Latin, '' canis'', " dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found withi ...

s native to North America. It lived during the Early to Middle

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

, 20.6—13.6 Mya, existing for about .PaleoBiology Database: ''Euoplocyon''
/ref> A member of the

Borophagini Borophagini is a clade or tribe of the subfamily Borophaginae. This is an extinct group of terrestrial canids that were endemic and widespread throughout North America and Central America which lived during the Geringian stage of the Oligoce ...

tribe, it was an intermediate-sized canid, with specialisations towards a heavily meat-based diet.

Species

*''E. brachygnathus'' (syn. ''Aelurodon brachygnathus'', ''E. praedator'') Douglass 1903, discovered at the Flint Creek Beds, a Miocene terrestrial horizon in

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

. *''E. spissidens'' (syn. ''Aelurocyon spissidens'', ''Enhydrocyon spissidens'') White 1947, discovered at the Alachua Formation, Alachua County, Florida.

References

* Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp. 110–123 ''in'' C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (''eds.'') ''Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals.'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Extinct mammals of North America Borophagines Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{paleo-carnivora-stub