Osbornodon
Genus of canid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Osbornodon | |
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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 | |
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Approximate range of Osbornodon based on fossil distribution |
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