-
primitive borophagine is the
genus Archaeocyon,
which is a
small fox-sized
animal mostly found in the
fossil beds in
western North America. The
borophagines soon...
- as a
group form a
dental monophyletic relationship with the
extinct borophagines, with both
groups having a
bicuspid (two points) on the
lower carn****ial...
-
contemporary carnivores couldn't access.
Epicyon was one of the last of the
borophagines, and
shared its
North American habitat with
several other canids, including:...
- (Nannippus), oreodonts, protoceratids, and
chalicotheres became extinct.
Borophagine dogs and
Agriotherium became extinct, but
other carnivores including...
- 20 to 10
million years ago was
driven by
competition with
felids and
borophagines.
Fluctuation of
species within Canidae over 40
million years Phylogeny...
- beavers, deer, camelids, and whales,
along with now-extinct
groups like
borophagine canids,
certain gomphotheres, three-toed horses, and
hornless rhinos...
-
adapted to a more
hypercarnivorous diet, a
trend consistent with
other borophagines. The
earliest occurrence of the
genus is A. asthenostylus
dating from...
- (partial skeleton). A
borophagine dog.
Epicyon E.
haydeni Kingsbury Gulch &
Black Butte.
UOMNH F-5607 & F-6005. A
borophagine dog. E.
saevus Black Butte...
- Borophagus, like
other borophagines, are
loosely known as "bone-crushing" or "hyena-like" dogs.
Though not the most m****ive
borophagine by size or weight,...
- ancestors, and in bone-crushing scavengers, like
spotted hyenas and
borophagine dogs.
Analysis of the teeth, jaw, and
tooth wear
patterns identifies...
