Skeleton of H. gregarius at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Family:
Canidae
Subfamily:
†Hesperocyoninae
Genus:
†Hesperocyon Scott, 1890
Type species
†Hesprocyon gregarius
Species
†H. coloradensis Wang 1994
†H. gregarius Cope 1873
Hesperocyon is an extinct genus of canids (subfamily Hesperocyoninae, family Canidae) that was endemic to North America, ranging from southern Canada to Colorado. It appeared during the Uintan age, –Bridgerian age (NALMA) of the Mid-Eocene– 42.5 Ma to 31.0 Ma. (AEO).[1]Hesperocyon existed for approximately 11.5 million years.
^Paleobiology Database Collection 16626, Swift Current Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada. Authorized by Dr. John Alroy, entered by J. Alroy on February 18, 1993
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