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Cynarctoides gawnae is an extinct species of Cynarctoides, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid which inhabited most of west central North America from the Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) living 23.0—5.3 mya and existed for approximately 17.7 million years.
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Taxonomy
Cynarctoides gawnae was named by Xiaoming Wang et al. (1999). Its type locality is Jeep Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Zia Sand Formation of New Mexico.
Body mass
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Fossil distribution
References
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