Phlaocyon mariae 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 central western 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 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 20.6—16.3 Ma

Anum

Anum is an Akan town in the Asuogyaman District of Eastern Ghana, across from the Volta Lake.an...

., and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

Phlaocyon mariae was named by Matthew (1899). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1899) and Carroll (1988); and to Phlaocyonini by Wang et al. (1999).

Fossil distribution

• Aletomeryx Quarry Site, Runningwater Formation, Cherry County, Nebraska
  Cherry County, Nebraska
  Cherry County is unusual in being split between two time zones, Mountain Time and Central Time. The lines between the two runs roughly north to south along the eastern third of the county. Cherry County is also the location of the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, the Fort Niobrara National...
  
  ~20.6—16.3 Ma.