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- Hesperocyon is an extinct genus of canids (subfamily Hesperocyoninae, family Canidae) that was endemic to North America, ranging from southern Canada...
- Paraenhydrocyon clade may be directly descended from Hesperocyon gregarius. According to Xiaoming Wang, Hesperocyon coloradensis provides an important link between...
- Prohesperocyon ("before Hesperocyon") is an extinct genus of canid, endemic to North America appearing during the Late Eocene around 36.6 mya (AEO). Prohesperocyon...
- extinct in the middle Miocene. One of the early Hesperocyonines, the genus Hesperocyon, gave rise to Archaeocyon and Leptocyon. These branches led to the borophagine...
- Leptictidium, a small mammal, likely bipedal Peratherium, a herpetotheriid Hesperocyon, a canid Eocene birds include some enigmatic groups with resemblances...
- slightly more hypocarnivorous (omnivorous) diet than the otherwise similar Hesperocyon. The skeleton is also generalized, lacking specializations for running...
- (such as Mesohippus), nimravids, protoceratids, and early canids like Hesperocyon. Merycoidodonts, an endemic American group, were very diverse during...
- proportions of Eoarctos are similar to those of early canids, such as Hesperocyon, although the rostrum and frontal shield are broader, the orbital area...
- western (originally, "evening"). Examples: Hesperornis ("western bird"); Hesperocyon ("western dog"); Hesperosaurus ("western lizard") hippus, hippo-: Pronunciation:...
- also been discovered on the radii of Cynodictis and the basal canid Hesperocyon. The volume of the endocast of D. hartshorni**** is 56 cm3, with an Encephalization...