Phlaocyon latidens explained

Phlaocyon latidens is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid which inhabited northwestern North America from the Late Oligocene to Miocene living 33.3–20.6 mya and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

Phlaocyon latidens was originally named Galecynus latidens by . It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by ; it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by, Merriam (1906),,, Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Cormocyon latidens by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Phlaocyon latidens by .

Fossil distribution

• North Blue Basin Site, John Day Formation, Grant County, Oregon ~33.3–30.8 Ma.^[1]
• Foree Site, John Day Formation, Wheeler County, Oregon ~30.8–20.6 Ma.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: John Day Unit A (Oligocene of the United States). Fossilworks. 17 December 2021.