Microtomarctus
Extinct genus of carnivores
Microtomarctus Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Replica of lower jaw at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
Tribe: | †Borophagini |
Genus: | †Microtomarctus Wang et al., 1999 |
Species: | †M. confertus |
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†Microtomarctus confertus Matthew, 1918 |
Microtomarctus is an extinct monospecific genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene,[1] and existed for approximately 7 million years. Fossil specimens have been found in Nebraska, coastal southeast Texas, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado. It was an intermediate-size canid, and more predaceous than earlier borophagines.[2]
Like some other borophagines it had powerful, bone-crushing jaws and teeth.[citation needed]
References
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Suborder: Caniformia
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