Carpocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores
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Carpocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, 13.6 to 5.3 Ma Mya,[1] existing for approximately 16.5 million years. The four species in the genus varied in size, with the largest (C. webbi) being about the size of a wolf; all had relatively small teeth, suggesting a diet that was more omnivorous than that of other contemporary borophagines.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Borophagina |
| Genus: | †Carpocyon Webb, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| †Carpocyon limosus Webb, 1969 | |
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Species
- Carpocyon compressus (syn. Cynodesmus cuspidatus), fossils have been found in Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas.[3]
- Carpocyon limosus, fossils have been found in Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Florida.[4]
- Carpocyon robustus, fossils have been found in Arizona, California, Colorado, South Dakota, and Texas.[5][6]
- Carpocyon webbi, fossils have been found in Nebraska and New Mexico.[7]
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