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- Mesocyon ("middle dog") is an extinct genus of the Hesperocyoninae subfamily of early canids native to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to Early...
- species. Four major lineages can be defined based on shared characteristics: Mesocyon-Enhydrocyon clade (includes Cynodesmus, Sunkahetanka, Philotrox) Osbornodon...
- branch of the Canidae was Hesperocyoninae, which included the coyote-sized Mesocyon of the Oligocene (38–24 Mya). These early canids probably evolved for the...
- hesperocyonine canids, with three genera (Parenhydrocyon, Enhydrocyon, and Mesocyon), ranging in size from jackals to small coyotes, appearing in the early...
- Caniformia incertae sedis †Prohesperocyon †Hesperocyoninae Hesperocyon Mesocyon Cynodesmus Sunkahetanka Philotrox Enhydrocyon Paraenhydrocyon Osbornodon...
- Ectopocynus (32–19 mya), Osbornodon (32–18 mya), Paraenhydrocyon (20–25 mya), Mesocyon (31–15 mya) and Enhydrocyon (31–15 mya). This genus of primitive canids...
- Caniformia incertae sedis †Prohesperocyon †Hesperocyoninae Hesperocyon Mesocyon Cynodesmus Sunkahetanka Philotrox Enhydrocyon Paraenhydrocyon Osbornodon...
- slender premolars that clearly contrast with the strong premolars of the Mesocyon–Enhydrocyon group, but also parallels that clade by having a reduced metaconid...
- fragments. A canine dog also known from the Toston & John Day formations. Mesocyon M. robustus Wounded Knee Area. Mandibles. A hesperocyonine dog. "M." temnodon...
- Caniformia incertae sedis †Prohesperocyon †Hesperocyoninae Hesperocyon Mesocyon Cynodesmus Sunkahetanka Philotrox Enhydrocyon Paraenhydrocyon Osbornodon...