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Osbornodon; Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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
	Approximate range of Osbornodon based on fossil distribution

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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]

Species[edit]

Seven known species of Osbornodon existed:

Osbornodon brachypus Cope 1881
Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994 (18 Ma)
Osbornodon iamonensis Sellards 1916 (21 Ma)
Osbornodon renjiei Wang 1994 (33 Ma)
Osbornodon sesnoni Macdonald 1967 (32 Ma)
Osbornodon scitulus Hay 1924
Osbornodon wangi Hayes 2000

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]

References[edit]

^ Paleobiology Database: Osbornodon.
^ ^a ^b Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.

R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II

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[1] Paleobiology Database: Osbornodon.

[Wang2008-2] Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.

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-{{Taxobox
-| name = ''Osbornodon''
 | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Early Oligocene|Early Miocene}}
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Osbornodon
+| authority = Wang, 1994
-| phylum = [[Chordata]]
-| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
-| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
-| familia = [[Canidae]]
-| subfamilia =
-| genus = †'''''Osbornodon'''''
-| genus_authority = Wang, 1994
 | type_species = †''Osbornodon fricki''
 | subdivision_ranks = Species
-| subdivision =
+| subdivision = See text
-* †''O. brachypus''
-* †''O. fricki''
-* †''[[Osbornodon iamonensis|O. iamonenis]]''
-* †''O. renjiei''
-* †''O. sensoni''
-* †''O. scitulus''
-* †''O. wangi''
 | range_map = Osbornodon.png
 | range_map_caption = Approximate range of ''Osbornodon'' based on fossil distribution
 }}
-'''''Osbornodon''''' ("[[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Osborn]]'s tooth") is an extinct genus of bone-crushing [[canid]] ([[canidae]]) that were endemic to [[North America]] and which lived from the [[Orellan]] age of the [[Early Oligocene]] to [[Early Miocene]] epoch 33.9—15.97 [[Annum|Ma]] ([[Appearance Event Ordination|AEO]]) and existed for approximately {{Mya|33.9-15.97|million years}}.
-<ref>[http://paleobackup.nceas.ucsb.edu:8110/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=51226&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: ''Osbornodon'' Basic info].</ref>
+'''''Osbornodon''''' ("[[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Osborn]]'s tooth") is an extinct genus of [[Canidae|canid]] that were endemic to [[North America]] and which lived from the [[Oligocene]] to the [[Early Miocene]], 33.9—15.97 [[Annum|Ma]] ([[Appearance Event Ordination|AEO]]), existing for approximately {{Mya|34-16|million years}}.
-==Taxonomy==
+<ref>[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=41226 Paleobiology Database: ''Osbornodon''].</ref> It was the last surviving genus of the [[Hesperocyoninae|hesperocyonine]] subfamily, the oldest subfamily of canids.<ref name=Wang2008/>
-''Osbornodon'' was named by Wang (1994). Its type is ''Osbornodon fricki''. It was assigned to Canidae by Wang (1994) and Munthe (1998).<ref>K. Munthe. 1998. Canidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 124-143</ref>
-==Morphology==
+==Species==
+Seven known species of ''Osbornodon'' existed:
-Two fossil specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for [[body mass]]. The first specimen was estimated to have weighed {{Convert|22.2|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}. The second specimen was estimated to have weighed {{Convert|20.2|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}.<ref>S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98</ref>
+*''Osbornodon brachypus'' <small>Cope 1881</small>
+*''Osbornodon fricki'' <small>Wang 1994</small> (18 Ma)
+*''[[Osbornodon iamonensis]]'' <small>Sellards 1916</small> (21 Ma)
+*''Osbornodon renjiei'' <small>Wang 1994</small> (33 Ma)
+*''Osbornodon sesnoni'' <small>Macdonald 1967</small> (32 Ma)
+*''Osbornodon scitulus'' <small>Hay 1924</small>
+*''Osbornodon wangi'' <small>Hayes 2000</small>
+The earlier species were about the size of a small fox, and had teeth suggesting an omnivorous or [[hypocarnivore|hypocarnivorous]] diet. Later species were larger and more actively predaceous. The last species, ''O. fricki'', was about the size of a large wolf.<ref name=Wang2008>{{cite book |last1= Wang |first1= Xiaoming | last2= Tedford | first2= Richard H. | date= 2008 |title= Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History |publisher= Columbia |page= 31 |isbn= 978-0-231-13528-3}}</ref>
-==Genus==
-Seven known species of the genus ''Osbornodon'' existed:
-*''Osbornodon fricki'' (18 Ma)
-*''Osbornodon iamonensis'' (synonyms: ''Cynodesmus nobilis'', ''Paradaphoenus tropicalis'') (21 Ma), ''Osbornodon renjiei'' (33 Ma), and ''Osbornodon sesnoni'' (32 Ma).
-==Species==
-''Osbornodon scitulus'' appears to be a transitional species that partially fills a large morphological and stratigraphical gap within the ''Osbornodon'' genus. Compared to ''Osbornodon renjiei'' and ''Osbornodon sesnoni'', ''Osbornodon scitulus'' possesses derived characters such as large [[frontal sinus]], high [[sagittal crest]], narrow infraorbital canal, short [[Auditory bulla|bulla]], and broad premolars. ''O. scitulus'' differs from ''Osbornodon wangi'' in larger size and relatively wider P3 and shorter P4. ''O. scitulus'' is distinguishable from ''[[Osbornodon iamonensis]]'' and later species in its primitive characters such as a non-elongated [[rostrum (anatomy)|rostrum]], paroccipital process that is not expanded posteriorly, [[mastoid]] process not reduced, and p4 not differentially enlarged relative to p3 (Wang, 2003).
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-*R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II (K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy)
+*R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II
-*Wang, X. 2003. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/447/19/B279a08.pdf New Material of ''Osbornodon'' from the Early Hemingfordian of Nebraska and Florida]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 279:163-176.
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