Phlaocyon achoros
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 .
| Phlaocyon achoros | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Bassariscops achoros | |
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.
Morphology
Body mass
Legendre & Roth 1988 estimated the body mass of two specimens to be 1.45–1.52 kilograms (3.2–3.4 lb).
Fossil distribution
Only known from Buda Mine Site, Alachua County, Florida ~24.8—20.6 Ma.[1]
References
Notes
- "Buda Mine (of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
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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