Paracynarctus
| Paracynarctus 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: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Cynarctina |
| Genus: | †Paracynarctus Wanget al.,1999 |
| Type species | |
| †Paracynarctus sinclairi | |
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Paracynarctusis an extinct genus of theBorophaginaesubfamily ofcanidsnative toNorth America.It lived from theEarly MiocenetoMiddle Miocene16.0—13.6Ma,existing for approximately2.4million years.[1]It was likely an omnivore, and lacked the bone-cracking adaptations found in some later borophagines.[2]
P. kelloggiwas originally found Virgin Valley,Nevadain aBarstovianterrestrial horizon.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abPaleoBiology Database:ParacynarctusTaxonomy, Species
- ^Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008).Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History.Columbia. p. 34.ISBN978-0-231-13528-3.
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