Subphylum Vertebrata Order Carnivoramorpha Scientific name Psalidocyon marinae | Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
Similar Cormocyon, Cynarctoides, Otarocyon, Carpocyon, Osbornodon | ||
Psalidocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae and a small terrestrial canine which inhabited most of North America during the Hemingfordian stage of the Early Miocene subepoch through the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene subepoch 20.6—13.6 Ma, existing for about 7 mya..
Contents
Morphology
Fossil specimens of two individuals' body mass were examined by Legendre and Roth. The first specimen was estimated to weigh 6.53 kg (14 lb). The second specimen was estimated to weigh 6.31 kg (14 lb).
Species
P. marianae was named by Wang and others in 1999.
Sister genera
Cormocyon, Desmocyon, Euoplocyon, Metatomarctus, Microtomarctus, Protomarctus, and Tephrocyon.
Fossil distribution
It was initially found on Skull Ridge, Tesuque, New Mexico in a Miocene terrestrial horizon. It is the type species of Psalidocyon.