Phlaocyon annectens
| Phlaocyon annectens Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Phlaocyonini |
| Genus: | †Phlaocyon |
| Species: | †Phlaocyon annectens Peterson 1907, p. 53 |
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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
- Castolon (TMM 40635), Brewster County, Texas ~24.8—20.6 Ma.[1]
- American Museum-Cook Quarry, Sioux County, Nebraska ~24.8—20.6 Ma.[2]
- Van Tassel, Niobrara County, Wyoming ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
- Beardog Hill, Upper Harrison Beds Formation, Sioux County, Nebraska ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
References
Notes
- ↑ "Castolon (TMM 40635) (of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved September 2014.
- ↑ "American Museum-Cook Quarry (of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved September 2014.
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.
- Wang, X.; Tedford, R. H.; Taylor, B. E. (1999). "Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH 243. Retrieved September 2014.
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