Borophaginae

Borophaginae
Temporal range: 34–2.5 Ma Oligocene-Earliest Pleistocene
Aelurodon stirtoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Borophaginae
Simpson (1945)[1]
Genera

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The extinct Borophaginae form one of three subfamilies found within the canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Hesperocyoninae and extant Caninae.[2] Borophaginae, called "bone-crushing dogs",[3][4] were endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Pliocene and lived roughly 34—2.5 million years ago, existing for about 33.5 million years.

  1. ^ Simpson, G.G. (1945). "The principles of classification and a classification of mammals". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 85: i–xvi, 1–350. hdl:2246/1104.
  2. ^ Miklosi, Adam (2015). Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition. Oxford Biology (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 103–107. ISBN 978-0199545667.
  3. ^ Borophaginae in the Paleobiology Database
  4. ^ "Borophaginae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 August 2018.