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Cynarctoides gawnae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Canidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Carnivora

Subfamily
  
†Borophaginae

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Cynarctoides gawnae

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.

  • Specimen 1 was estimated to weigh 1.02 kg (2.2 lb).
  • Specimen 2 was estimated to weigh 1.09 kg (2.4 lb).

    • Fossil distribution

  • Blickomlyus Hill, Zia Sand Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico ~23.0—5.3 Ma.
  • Jeep Quarry, Zia Sand Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico ~20.6—16.3 Ma.

    • References

    Cynarctoides gawnae Wikipedia
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