Osbornodon iamonensis
Appearance
Osbornodon iamonensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | †Osbornodon |
Species: | †O. iamonensis
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Binomial name | |
†Osbornodon iamonensis E.H. Sellards, 1916
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Approximate range of Osbornodon iamonensis based on fossil distribution |
Osbornodon iamonensis is an extinct species of hesperocyonine, a predecessor of modern dogs that were endemic to North America and which lived from the Oligocene to Early Miocene epoch 23.6—16.3 Ma and existed for approximately 8 million years.[1] It was named for Lake Iamonia in northern Florida. Fossils have been found in Florida and Nebraska.
References
- R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II (K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy)
- Wang, X. 2003. New Material of Osbornodon from the Early Hemingfordian of Nebraska and Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 279:163-176.