Euoplocyon | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | † Borophaginae |
Tribe: | † Borophagini |
Genus: | †
Euoplocyon Matthew, 1924 [1] |
Type species | |
† Euoplocyon praedator Douglass, 1903
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Species | |
† Euoplocyon brachygnathus |
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. [2] A member of the Borophagini tribe, [3] it was an intermediate-sized canid, with specialisations towards a heavily meat-based diet. [4]
Euoplocyon | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | † Borophaginae |
Tribe: | † Borophagini |
Genus: | †
Euoplocyon Matthew, 1924 [1] |
Type species | |
† Euoplocyon praedator Douglass, 1903
| |
Species | |
† Euoplocyon brachygnathus |
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. [2] A member of the Borophagini tribe, [3] it was an intermediate-sized canid, with specialisations towards a heavily meat-based diet. [4]