Oxetocyon: Difference between revisions
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 19 March 2023
Oxetocyon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
Genus: | †Oxetocyon Green, 1954 |
Species: | †O. cuspidatus
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Binomial name | |
†Oxetocyon cuspidatus Green, 1954
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Range of Oxetocyon based on fossil distribution |
Oxetocyon ("beginning dog") is an extinct monospecific genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Early Oligocene epoch,[1] existing for approximately 2.5 million years. Fossils have been found in Nebraska and South Dakota.
Fossils of Oxetocyon are rare and, as a result, the genus is poorly known, and only the teeth, dentaries, and a fragmentary skull have been reported. The teeth of Oxetocyon indicate a hypocarnivorous diet, as is found in the living raccoon dog, and suggest a potential relationship to the unusual borophagine Otarocyon. Oxetocyon is distinguished from Otarocyon by its own set of dental specializations for an omnivorous diet, particularly by the presence of a cleft that divides each upper molar into front and back halves.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Oxetocyon Taxonomy, Species
- ^ Xiaoming Wang, R.H. Tedford, and B.E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae