Daphoenodon

Da-foe-noe-don.
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Claire Morris

Marine Paleontologist

Claire Morris has dedicated her career to exploring the depths of prehistoric oceans. Her fascination with ancient marine life has led her to discover significant fossils that illuminate the evolution of early sea creatures.

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Name

Daphoenodon ‭(‬Daphoenus tooth‭)‬.

Phonetic

Da-foe-noe-don.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Carnivora,‭ ‬Caniformia,‭ ‬Amphicyonidae,‭ ‬Daphoeninae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬falkenbachi,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬notionastes,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬robustum,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬skinneri,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬superbus

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

USA.

Time Period

Late Oligocene through to Burdigalian of the Miocene.

Fossil representation

Many specimens.

In Depth

       With confirmed fossils of Daphoenodon stretching all the way from California and‭ ‬Oregon on the west coast to Florida on the east,‭ ‬and between Wyoming and Nebraska in the North and Texas in the South,‭ ‬Daphoenodon had a very broad range across most of the United States.‭ ‬This distribution could have also brought it into contact with some of its bear dog relatives like Daphoenus and Daphoenictis.

Further Reading

– A revision of the Entelodontidae. – Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4(3):1-136. – O. A. Peterson – 1909. – Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska. – Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4(5):205-278. – O. A. Peterson – 1910. – The large mammals of the Buda Local Fauna (Arikareean, Alachua County, Florida). – Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 24(2). – D. Frailey – 1979. – New amphicyonid carnivorans (Mammalia, Daphoeninae) from the early Miocene of southeastern Wyoming. – American Museum Novitates 3385:1-41. – R. M. Hunt Jr. – 2002.

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