| Phlaocyon yatkolai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Phlaocyonini |
| Genus: | †Phlaocyon |
| Species: | †P. yatkolai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Phlaocyon yatkolai Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999, p. 83 | |
Phlaocyon yatkolai is an extinct species ofcanid mammal known from the earlyHemingfordian (20.4 to 16 million years ago) Runningwater Formation,Box Butte County, Nebraska(42°12′N103°06′W / 42.2°N 103.1°W /42.2; -103.1, paleocoordinates42°54′N99°12′W / 42.9°N 99.2°W /42.9; -99.2).[1][2]
P. yatkolai, named after the collector late Daniel Yatkola, is known from a right dentary with teeth. It is a large species ofPhlaocyon and it displays several derived characters in its dentition. These characters are, however, slightly less derived than in its sister taxonP. mariae. Wang et al. argued that these two species display a tendency towardshypercarnivorous dentition, in contrast to thehypocarnivorous dentition found in the other members of the genus.[3]
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