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|name = ''Oxetocyon'' |
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|regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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|phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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*Wang, X., R.H. Tedford, and B.E. Taylor. 1999. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1588 Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae)]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 243:1-391. |
*Wang, X., R.H. Tedford, and B.E. Taylor. 1999. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1588 Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae)]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 243:1-391. |
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Genus: | †Oxetocyon Green, 1954
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Species: | †O. cuspidatus
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†Oxetocyon cuspidatus Green, 1954
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Oxetocyon is an early member of the subfamily Borophaginae, an extinct subgroup of the family Canidae, which includes living dogs, wolves, and foxes. Only a single species, O. cuspidatus, is known. 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. All specimens come from rocks assigned to the Whitneyan and Arikareean NALMAs (Oligocene: 4 mya) of Nebraska and South Dakota.
The teeth of Oxetocyon indicate a somewhat omnivorous (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.
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This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (February 2009) |
- Wang, X., R.H. Tedford, and B.E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 243:1-391.