Phlaocyon latidens is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon

Phlaocyon

Phlaocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae and a terrestrial canine which inhabited most of North America during the Whitneyan stage of the Early Oligocene through Late Hemingfordian stage of the Early Miocene epoch 33.3—16.3 Mya existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:Phlaocyon was about in...

, 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 which inhabited southeastern 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...

 living 33.3—20.6 mya

Anum

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 and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

Phlaocyon latidens was originally named Galecynus latidens by Cope (1881). It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by Scott (1898); it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by Matthew (1899), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Peterson (1907), Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Cormocyon latidens by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Phlaocyon latidens 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).

Body mass

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

• Specimen 1 was estimated to weigh 1.52 kg (3.4 lb).
• Specimen 2 was estimated to weigh 1.58 kg (3.5 lb).

Fossil distribution

• North Blue Basin Site, John Day Formation
  John Day Formation
  The John Day Formation is series of rock strata exposed in the John Day River basin of north-central Oregon in the United States. The strata, which vary in age from 39 million years to 18 million years, were formed mainly from ashfalls from volcanoes to the west...
  
  , Grant County, Oregon
  Grant County, Oregon
  Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is included in the 8 county definition of Eastern Oregon. In 2010, its population was 7,445. It is named for President Ulysses S. Grant, who served as an army officer in the Oregon Territory, and at the time of the county's creation...
  
   ~33.3—30.8 Ma.
• Foree Site, John Day Formation, Wheeler County, Oregon
  Wheeler County, Oregon
  As of the census of 2000, there were 1,547 people, 653 households, and 444 families residing in the county. The population density was 1 people per square mile . There were 842 housing units at an average density of 0 per square mile...
  
  ~30.8—20.6 Ma.