This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Corresponding author (Name, Year)
Leidy, 1858
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Epicyon haydeni
Alternative Name
scientific
Aelurodon aphobus
Merriam, 1919
Ref.: J. C. Merriam. 1919. Tertiary mammalian faunas of the Mohave desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(5):437-585
scientific
Aelurodon mortifer
Cook, 1914
Ref.: H. J. Cook. 1914. A New Canid From the Lower Pliocene of Nebraska Tephrocyon mortifer. Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin 7(7):49-50
scientific
Aelurodon ricardoensis
Stirton & VanderHoof, 1933
Ref.: R. A. Stirton and V. L. VanderHoof. 1933. Osteoborus, a New Genus of Dogs, and Its Relations to Borophagus Cope. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(4):175-181
scientific
Aelurodon validus
Stirton & Vanderhoof, 1933
Ref.: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370
scientific
Epicyon aphobus
Merriam, 1919
Ref.: J. C. Merriam. 1919. Tertiary mammalian faunas of the Mohave desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(5):437-585
scientific
Epicyon mortifer
Cook, 1914
Ref.: H. J. Cook. 1914. A New Canid From the Lower Pliocene of Nebraska Tephrocyon mortifer. Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin 7(7):49-50
scientific
Epicyon validus
Stirton & Vanderhoof, 1933
Ref.: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370
scientific
Osteoborus ricardoensis
Stirton & VanderHoof, 1933
Ref.: R. A. Stirton and V. L. VanderHoof. 1933. Osteoborus, a New Genus of Dogs, and Its Relations to Borophagus Cope. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(4):175-181
scientific
Osteoborus validus
Stirton & Vanderhoof, 1933
Ref.: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370
scientific
Tephrocyon mortifer
Cook, 1914
Ref.: H. J. Cook. 1914. A New Canid From the Lower Pliocene of Nebraska Tephrocyon mortifer. Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin 7(7):49-50
Recombined
scientific
Aelurodon haydeni
Leidy, 1858
Ref.: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to th
scientific
Canis (Epicyon) haydeni
Leidy, 1858
Ref.: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to th
scientific
Canis haydeni
Leidy, 1858
Ref.: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to th
X. Wang, 1999 - Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae) - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (243), 1-392 (journal article, English)
M. F. Skinner, 1977 - Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (158), 263-370 (journal article, )
R. A. Stirton, 1933 - Osteoborus, a New Genus of Dogs, and Its Relations to Borophagus Cope - University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences (23), 175-181 (journal article, English)
J. C. Merriam, 1919 - Tertiary mammalian faunas of the Mohave desert - University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology (11), 437-585 (journal article, English)
H. J. Cook, 1914 - A New Canid From the Lower Pliocene of Nebraska Tephrocyon mortifer - Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin (7), 49-50 (journal article, English)
W. D. Matthew, 1909 - A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (26), 361-414 (journal article, English)
J. Leidy, 1858 - Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (10), 15-89 (journal article, English)