Euoplocyon

Euoplocyon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Borophaginae
Tribe: Borophagini
Genus: Euoplocyon
Matthew, 1924
Type species
Euoplocyon praedator
Douglass, 1903
Species

Euoplocyon brachygnathus
Euoplocyon spissiden

Euoplocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene, 20.6—13.6 Mya, existing for about 7 million years. A member of the Borophagini tribe, it was an intermediate-sized canid, with specialisations towards a heavily meat-based diet.

Species

  • E. brachygnathus (syn. Aelurodon brachygnathus, E. praedator) Douglass 1903, discovered at the Flint Creek Beds, a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Montana.
  • E. spissidens (syn. Aelurocyon spissidens, Enhydrocyon spissidens) White 1947, discovered at the Alachua Formation, Alachua County, Florida.



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