Philotrox

Extinct genus of carnivores

Philotrox
Temporal range: Oligocene
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Philotrox condoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Hesperocyoninae
Genus: Philotrox
Merriam, 1906
Species:
P. condoni
Binomial name
Philotrox condoni
Merriam, 1906

Philotrox is an extinct monospecific genus of the Hesperocyoninae subfamily of early canids native to North America. It lived during the Oligocene, 30.8—26.3 Ma, existing for approximately 5 million years.[1] In form, it was intermediate between the small Cynodesmus and the later Enhydrocyon, the first hypercarnivorous, "bone-cracking", canid.[2]

References

  1. ^ [1] Philotrox
  2. ^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.
  • Wang, X. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora, Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 221:1-207.
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Extinct members of the family Canidae
incertae sedisHesperocyoninaeBorophaginae
Phlaocyonini
Borophagini
Cynarctina
Aelurodontina
Borophagina
Caninae
Urocyon
  • U. citrinus
  • U. galushai
  • U. minicephalus
  • U. progressus
  • U. webbi
Vulpes
Canini
Cerdocyonina
Lycalopex
  • L. cultridens
  • L. ensenadensis
Speothos
Canina
Cuon
Canis
C. latrans
C. lupus
Category
Taxon identifiers
Philotrox condoni


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