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Phlaocyon annectens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Canidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Carnivora

Subfamily
  
†Borophaginae

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Phlaocyon annectens is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid endemic to central and western North America from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene living 24.6—20.8 mya and existed for approximately 4.2 million years.

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Taxonomy

Phlaocyon annectens was named by Peterson 1907. Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Upper Harrison Beds Formation of Nebraska. It was recombined as Phlaocyon annectens by Vanderhill (1980) and Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999.

Body mass

Legendre & Roth 1988 estimated the body mass of two specimens to be 1.81–1.87 kilograms (4.0–4.1 lb).

Fossil distribution

  • Castolon (TMM 40635), Brewster County, Texas ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
  • American Museum-Cook Quarry, Sioux County, Nebraska ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
  • Van Tassel, Niobrara County, Wyoming ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
  • Beardog Hill, Upper Harrison Beds Formation, Sioux County, Nebraska ~24.8—20.6 Ma.

    • References

    Phlaocyon annectens Wikipedia
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