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Metatomarctus

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Metatomarctus
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Borophaginae
Tribe: Borophagini
Genus: Metatomarctus
Wang et al., 1999
Species:
M. canavus
Binomial name
Metatomarctus canavus
(Simpson, 1932)

Metatomarctus is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene, 23–16 Mya, existing for approximately 7 million years[1] It was an intermediate-size canid, and more predaceous than earlier borophagines.[2]

It hunted in packs,[citation needed] like modern canines, and may have preyed upon creatures such as Equus, rodents, and other smaller prey.[citation needed]

Fossil distribution

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References

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  1. ^ a b Matatomarctus, fossilworks
  2. ^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.
  3. ^ www.flmnh.ufl.edu Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Dawes County Collection, Paleobiology