Phlaocyon achoros

Extinct species of carnivore

Phlaocyon achoros
Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Borophaginae
Tribe: Phlaocyonini
Genus: Phlaocyon
Species:
P. achoros
Binomial name
Phlaocyon achoros
Frailey 1979, p. 134
Synonyms

Bassariscops achoros
Frailey 1979

Phlaocyon achoros is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid which inhabited the southeastern North America from the Late Oligocene to Miocene living 24.6—20.8 mya and existed for approximately 4.2 million years.

Taxonomy

Phlaocyon achoros was named by Frailey 1979. Its type locality is Buda Mine, which is in a Harrisonian sinkhole horizon in Florida. It was recombined as Phlaocyon achoros by Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999 and Hayes 2000.

Fossil distribution

Only known from Buda Mine Site, Alachua County, Florida ~24.8—20.6 Ma.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Buda Mine (of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Sources

  • Frailey, D. (1979). "The large mammals of the Buda Local Fauna (Arikareean: Alachua County, Florida)". Bull. Florida State Mus. Biol. Sci. 2 (2): 123–173. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  • Hayes, F. G. (2000). "The Brooksville 2 local fauna (Arikareean, latest Oligocene) Hernando County, Florida". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 43 (1): 1–47. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  • Legendre, S.; Roth, C. (1988). "Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia)". Historical Biology. 1 (1): 85–98. doi:10.1080/08912968809386468.
  • Martin, L.D. 1989. Fossil history of the terrestrial carnivora. Pages 536 - 568 in J.L. Gittleman, editor. Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, Vol. 1. Comstock Publishing Associates: Ithaca.
  • Wang, X.; Tedford, R. H.; Taylor, B. E. (1999). "Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 243. hdl:2246/1588.
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Extinct members of the family Canidae
incertae sedisHesperocyoninaeBorophaginae
Phlaocyonini
Borophagini
Cynarctina
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  • U. citrinus
  • U. galushai
  • U. minicephalus
  • U. progressus
  • U. webbi
Vulpes
Canini
Cerdocyonina
Lycalopex
  • L. cultridens
  • L. ensenadensis
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C. latrans
C. lupus
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Taxon identifiers
Phlaocyon achoros


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