Biology:Hemicyon barbouri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | †Hemicyon |
| Species: | †H. barbouri
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| †Hemicyon barbouri Colbert, 1941
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Hemicyon barbouri is a species of hemicyonine or dog bear (half dog). H. barbouri lived in south dakota 13.6 to 10.3 million years ago in the Miocene. The species' ecology was a scansorial insectivore.[1] Hemicyon barbouri was discovered by Colbert in 1941.
Description
Hemicyon barbouri has a very heavy mandibular ramus, vertical symphysis at a 65° angle, large masseteric fossa and correspondingly small premasseteric fossa. Hemicyon barbouri has small cheek teeth and a heavy snout canine. The skull dolichocephalic was 40 cm in length and had revtively small teeth. The lower carnassial length range is around 29.5 to 37.4 mm.[2]
Reference
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Hemicyon barbouri". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=46857.
- ↑ Janis, Kathleen M. (1998-05-28) (in en). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35519-3. https://books.google.gr/books?id=I-RgojcDyWYC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Hemicyon+barbouri&source=bl&ots=iNWvxi4cZ7&sig=ACfU3U35VdcLweJY7sBQyQdkayQy5H2sqw&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y.
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