Carpocyon
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Carpocyon Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Family: | † Borophaginae |
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† Carpocyon Webb, 1969 |
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† Carpocyon webbi Webb, 1969 |
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| Type species | |
| † Carpocyon webbi |
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| Range of Carpocyon based on fossil distribution | |
Carpocyon is an extinct member of the Borophaginae, and a terrestrial canine (bear-dog) which inhabited most of North America during the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene through the Hemphillian stage of the Late Miocene epoch 13.6 to 5.3 Ma Mya.Carpocyon existed for approximately 16.5 million years.
Carpocyon was named by Webb in 1969 and assigned to Canidae by Webb that same year. In 1988, Carroll assigned it to Canidae with X. Wang assigning it to Borophagina in 1999.
Two fossil specimens of Carpocyon were measured by Legendre and Roth in 1988. They estimated that specimen one weighed 24.1 kg (53 lb) and the second weighed 21.8 kg (48 lb). Its physical size was between a jackal and a small wolf.
Borophagus, Epicyon, Paratomarctus and Protepicyon.
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