Cynarctoides luskensis is an extinct species of Cynarctoides

Cynarctoides

Cynarctoides is an extinct genus of terrestrial canine of the family Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini which inhabited most of North America during the Whitneyan stage of the Early Oligocene to the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene 33.3—13.6 Mya existing approximately .-Origin:Cynarctoides...

, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae

Borophaginae

The subfamily Borophaginae is an extinct group of canids called "bone crushing dogs" that were endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Pliocene and lived roughly 36—2.5 million years ago and existing for approximately .-Origin:...

 and tribe Phlaocyonini

Phlaocyonini

Phlaocyonini † is a hypocarnivorous clade or tribe of Borophaginae. This is an extinct group of canids that were endemic to North America and which lived during the Oligocene epoch to the Miocene living ~33.3–5.3 Ma, existing for approximately . PhlaocyoniniThe clade includes Cynarctoides and...

, a canid endemic to west central North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 from the Late Oligocene to Miocene

Miocene

The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...

 epoch living 24.8—20.6 Ma

Anum

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 and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

Cynarctoides luskensis was named by Xiaoming Wang

Xiaoming Wang

Xiaoming Wang is a noted paleontologist and geologist born in People's Republic of China living in the United States.-Area of expertise:Dr. Wang specializes in the fossil evolution, systematics, and phylogeny of mammals of the Cenozoic...

, Richard H. Tedford

Richard H. Tedford

Richard Hall Tedford was Curator Emeritus in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, having been named as curator in 1969....

, et al. (1999). Its type locality is Eighteen Mile District, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Body mass

Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.

• Specimen 1 was estimated to weigh 0.971 kg (2.1 lb).
• Specimen 2 was estimated to weigh 1.03 kg (2.3 lb).

Fossil distribution

• Eighteen Mile District, Goshen County, Wyoming ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
• Jay Em Site, Goshen County, Wyoming ~24.8—20.6 Ma.
• Chugwater Site, Platte County, Wyoming ~24.8—20.6 Ma.