Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392

Belongs to Cynarctoides according to X. Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Cynarctoides acridens, Cynarctoides emryi, Cynarctoides harlowi, Cynarctoides lemur, Cynarctoides luskensis, Cynarctoides roii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jeep, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Zia Sand Formation of New Mexico

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Average measurements (in mm): P4 6.60 x 3.10, M1 5.00 x 6.70, M2 3.60 x 5.90, p4 4.80 x 1.90, m1 8.00 x 3.27, m2 4.30 x 3.10