-
primitive borophagine is the
genus Archaeocyon,
which is a
small fox-sized
animal mostly found in the
fossil beds in
western North America. The
borophagines soon...
- intermediate-size canid, and more
predaceous than
earlier borophagines. Like some
other borophagines it had powerful, bone-crushing jaws and teeth.[citation...
- 8
million years.
Species of
Archaeocyon are
among the
earliest known borophagines,
although a
species of
Otarocyon has a
slightly earlier first appearance...
- as a
group form a
dental monophyletic relationship with the
extinct borophagines, with both
groups having a
bicuspid (two points) on the
lower carn****ial...
- meal
through hunting or scavenging.
Epicyon was one of the last of the
borophagines, and
shared its
North American habitat with
several other canids, including:...
- Mya, and
existed for
approximately 17
million years. Like some
other borophagines, they were short-faced, heavy-jawed
canids although the
group included...
-
adapted to a more
hypercarnivorous diet, a
trend consistent with
other borophagines. The
earliest occurrence of the
genus is A. asthenostylus
dating from...
- 20 to 10
million years ago was
driven by
competition with
felids and
borophagines.
Fluctuation of
species within Canidae over 40
million years Phylogeny...
- (megalonychids),
Eulipotyphla (talpids),
Lagomorpha (leporids),
Carnivora (
borophagine canids,
canine canids, ursids, procyonids,
mustelids including lutrines...
-
Cormocyon is an
extinct genus of
borophagine canid native to
North America. It
lived from the
Oligocene to the
Early Miocene, 30.8—20.6 Mya, existing...
