Phlaocyon latidens


Phlaocyon latidens is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid which inhabited northwestern North America from the Late Oligocene to Miocene living 33.3–20.6 mya and existed for approximately.

Taxonomy

Phlaocyon latidens was originally named Galecynus latidens by. It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by ; it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by, Merriam,,, Thorpe, Hall and Martin, Macdonald and Macdonald ; it was recombined as Cormocyon latidens by Wang and Fremd ; it was recombined as Phlaocyon latidens by.

Fossil distribution