Английская Википедия:Enhydrocyon

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Enhydrocyon is an extinct genus of bone crushing canid which inhabited North America during the Oligocene and Early Miocene, 30.8—20.4 Ma, existing for approximately Шаблон:Mya. [1]

EnhydrocyonШаблон:'s dentition suggests this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore.[2] Species of Enhydrocyon were relatively large, powerfully built carnivores with a short snout and deep jaws reminiscent of a jaguar.[3] These features give the skull a shape resembling that of the extant sea otter (Enhydra), prompting the scientific name.[4] With an estimated weight of about Шаблон:Convert, this was the earliest genus of canid adapted to be specialized predators.[4]

Species

  • Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope 1879
  • E. crassidens Matthew 1907
  • E. pahinsintewakpa Macdonald 1963
  • E. sectorius Cope 1883
  • E. stenocephalus Cope 1879

References

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  1. [1] Enhydrocyon at fossilworks
  2. R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II
  3. David Macdonald. The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores. BBC Books: London; 1992. p83.
  4. 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite book