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''Mesocyon'' ("middle dog") is an extinct genus of the ''Mesocyon'' at fossilworks
/ref> Fossils are known from Oregon, southern California and the northern Great Plains. It was roughly coyote-sized, and the first known canid to have a primarily meat-based diet.
Hesperocyoninae
The extinct Hesperocyoninae are one of three subfamilies found within the canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Borophaginae and extant Caninae.
Taxonomic history
Hesperocyoninae are basal canids that gave rise to the o ...
subfamily of early canid
Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found within the ...
s native to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to Early Miocene, 30.3—20.3 Ma, existing for approximately ./ref> Fossils are known from Oregon, southern California and the northern Great Plains. It was roughly coyote-sized, and the first known canid to have a primarily meat-based diet.
References
Hesperocyonines Oligocene canids Aquitanian genus extinctions Miocene carnivorans White River Fauna Prehistoric carnivoran genera Rupelian genus first appearances {{canid-stub