Biology:Carpocyon
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Borophagina |
| Genus: | †Carpocyon Webb, 1969 |
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| †Carpocyon limosus Webb, 1969
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Carpocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, 13.6 to 5.3 Ma Mya,[1] existing for approximately 16.5 million years. The four species in the genus varied in size, with the largest (C. webbi) being about the size of a wolf; all had relatively small teeth, suggesting a diet that was more omnivorous than that of other contemporary borophagines.[2]
Species
- Carpocyon compressus (syn. Cynodesmus cuspidatus), fossils have been found in Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas .[3]
- Carpocyon limosus, fossils have been found in Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Florida.[4]
- Carpocyon robustus, fossils have been found in Arizona, California , Colorado, South Dakota, and Texas .[5][6]
- Carpocyon webbi, fossils have been found in Nebraska and New Mexico.[7]
References
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Carpocyon Taxonomy, Species
- ↑ Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.
- ↑ "†Carpocyon compressus Cope 1890 (bone-crushing dog)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=44932.
- ↑ "†Carpocyon limosus Webb 1969 (bone-crushing dog)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=44934.
- ↑ "†Carpocyon robustus Green 1948 (bone-crushing dog)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=44935.
- ↑ Barnosky, Anthony; Carrasco, Marc. "Holotype: UCMP 33569 Carpocyon robustus". University of California Museum of Paleontology. https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/miomap/RESULTS-MIOMAP/Diagnoses/UCMP33569.html.
- ↑ "†Carpocyon webbi Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=44936.
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- The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids By David W. Macdonald, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri ISBN:0-19-851555-3
- 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. ISBN:0-521-35519-2
Wikidata ☰ Q5045846 entry
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