Osbornodon iamonensis

Extinct species of carnivore

Osbornodon iamonensis Temporal range: Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	†Osbornodon
Species:	†O. iamonensis
Binomial name
†Osbornodon iamonensis E.H. Sellards, 1916

Approximate range of Osbornodon iamonensis based on fossil distribution

Osbornodon iamonensis is an extinct species of hesperocyonine, a predecessor of modern dogs that were endemic to North America and which lived from the Oligocene to Early Miocene epoch 23.6—16.3 Ma and existed for approximately 8 million years.^[1] It was named for Lake Iamonia in northern Florida. Fossils have been found in Florida and Nebraska. In the Thomas Farm Site in Gilchrist County, Florida, it is the most common carnivore found in that area.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Paleobiology Database: Osbornodon iamonensis^{[permanent dead link]}.
^ "Osbornodon iamonensis". Florida Museum. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Thomas Farm". Florida Museum. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II
Wang, X. 2003. New Material of Osbornodon from the Early Hemingfordian of Nebraska and Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 279:163-176.

Extinct members of the family Canidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia

incertae sedis

†Prohesperocyon

†Hesperocyoninae

†Borophaginae

Phlaocyonini

Cynarctoides
Phlaocyon

Borophagini

Cormocyon Desmocyon Metatomarctus Euoplocyon Psalidocyon Microtomarctus Protomarctus Tephrocyon
Cynarctina	Paracynarctus Cynarctus
Aelurodontina	Tomarctus Aelurodon
Borophagina	Paratomarctus Carpocyon Protepicyon Epicyon Borophagus

Caninae

†Leptocyon
†Metalopex
†Nurocyon
†Prototocyon

Urocyon

†U. citrinus
†U. galushai
†U. minicephalus
†U. progressus
†U. webbi

Vulpes

Canini

Cerdocyonina

†Dusicyon †Protocyon †Theriodictis
Lycalopex	†L. cultridens †L. ensenadensis
Speothos	†S. pacivorus

Canina

†Cynotherium
†Eucyon
†Aenocyon
†Xenocyon

Cuon

†C. alpinus europaeus

Canis

†C. apolloniensis †C. armbrusteri †C. arnensis †C. cedazoensis †C. edwardii †C. etruscus †C. lepophagus
C. latrans	†C. l. orcutti
C. lupus	†C. l. alces †C. l. beothucus †C. l. bernardi †C. l. cristaldii †C. l. floridanus †C. l. fuscus †C. l. gregoryi †C. l. griseoalbus †C. l. hattai †C. l. hodophilax †C. l. mogollonensis †C. l. monstrabilis †C. l. nubilus †C. l. youngi