Osbornodon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | † Hesperocyoninae |
Genus: | †
Osbornodon Wang, 1994 |
Type species | |
†Osbornodon fricki | |
Species | |
See text | |
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Approximate range of Osbornodon based on fossil distribution |
Osbornodon (" Osborn's tooth") is an extinct genus of canid that were endemic to North America and which lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 33.9—15.97 Ma ( AEO), existing for approximately 18 million years. [1] It was the last surviving genus of the hesperocyonine subfamily, the oldest subfamily of canids. [2] The genus is named for Henry Fairfield Osborn. [3]
Seven known species of Osbornodon existed:
The earlier species were about the size of a small fox, and had teeth suggesting an omnivorous or hypocarnivorous diet. Later species were larger and more actively predaceous. The last species, O. fricki, was about the size of a large wolf. [2]
Osbornodon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | † Hesperocyoninae |
Genus: | †
Osbornodon Wang, 1994 |
Type species | |
†Osbornodon fricki | |
Species | |
See text | |
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Approximate range of Osbornodon based on fossil distribution |
Osbornodon (" Osborn's tooth") is an extinct genus of canid that were endemic to North America and which lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 33.9—15.97 Ma ( AEO), existing for approximately 18 million years. [1] It was the last surviving genus of the hesperocyonine subfamily, the oldest subfamily of canids. [2] The genus is named for Henry Fairfield Osborn. [3]
Seven known species of Osbornodon existed:
The earlier species were about the size of a small fox, and had teeth suggesting an omnivorous or hypocarnivorous diet. Later species were larger and more actively predaceous. The last species, O. fricki, was about the size of a large wolf. [2]