Tomarctus
Tomarctus is a genus of borophagine canid which inhabited most of North America during the late Early Miocene to the Early Barstovian age of the Middle Miocene (23—16 million years ago).
| Tomarctus Temporal range: early to middle Miocene
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| T. brevirostris (=T. temerarius), collected from Nebraska. At the AMNH. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Aelurodontina |
| Genus: | †Tomarctus Cope, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| †Tomarctus brevirostris | |
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| Range of Tomarctus based on fossil distribution | |