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Cynarctoides luskensis is an extinct species of Cynarctoides, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid endemic to west central North America from the Late Oligocene to Miocene epoch living 24.8—20.6 Ma and existed for approximately 4.2 million years.
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Taxonomy
Cynarctoides luskensis was named by Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford, et al. (1999). Its type locality is Eighteen Mile District, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Body mass
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Fossil distribution
References
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