Paracynarctus

Paracynarctus Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	†Borophaginae
Tribe:	†Borophagini
Subtribe:	†Cynarctina
Genus:	†Paracynarctus Wang et al., 1999
Type species
†Paracynarctus sinclairi
Species
†P. kelloggi, Merriam 1911 †P. sinclairi, Wang et al. 1999

Paracynarctus is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Early Miocene to Middle Miocene 16.0—13.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2.4 million years.^[1] It was likely an omnivore, and lacked the bone-cracking adaptations found in some later borophagines.^[2]

P. kelloggi was originally found Virgin Valley, Nevada in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon.^[1]

References

1. PaleoBiology Database: Paracynarctus Taxonomy, Species
2. Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.