Aelurodon are a part of a clade of canids loosely known as "bone-crushing" or "hyena-like" dogs, that apparently descended from the earlier genera Protomarctus and Tomarctus.[2] Several species are known from fossils found in the central and western U.S., suggesting a wide geographic range during their peak in the Miocene epoch.[4][2] Large species of Aelurodon (A. ferox and A. taxoides) may have hunted in packs like modern wolves.[5]
The evolution of Aelurodon is characterized by the progressive development of teeth adapted to a more hypercarnivorous diet, a trend consistent with other borophagines.[2] The earliest occurrence of the genus is A. asthenostylus dating from 16–14 Ma. This species then gives rise to two different anagenetic clades around 15 Ma. One comprises the species A. montaneis, A. mcgrewi and A. stirtoni, going extinct around 12 Ma. The other clade persists until 5.3 Ma and includes A. ferox and A. taxoides. A. taxoides is the most derived and largest species in Aelurodon.[1][2]
Referencesedit
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^ abcdefWang, Xiaoming; Benjamin Wideman; Ralph Nichols; Debra Hanneman (June 2004). (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (2): 445–452. doi:10.1671/2493. S2CID 21694500. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
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^. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2006-04-12. List of Aelurodon specimens from the Berkeley Natural History Museum. (Accessed 4/11/06)
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Further readingedit
Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford, Mauricio Antón, Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History, New York : Columbia University Press, 2008; ISBN978-0-231-13528-3
January 01, 1970
aelurodon, extinct, canid, genus, subfamily, borophaginae, which, lived, from, barstovian, land, mammal, middle, miocene, late, miocene, epoch, existed, approximately, million, years, temporal, range, barstovian, hemphillian, preꞒ, skull, taxoides, scientific,. Aelurodon is an extinct canid genus of the subfamily Borophaginae which lived from the Barstovian land mammal age 16 mya of the middle Miocene to the late Miocene epoch 5 332 mya 2 3 Aelurodon existed for approximately 10 7 million years AelurodonTemporal range Barstovian Hemphillian 15 97 5 3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Skull of Aelurodon taxoides Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Carnivora Family Canidae Subfamily Borophaginae Tribe Borophagini Subtribe Aelurodontina Genus AelurodonLeidy 1858 Type species Aelurodon ferox Species 1 2 A asthenostylus A ferox A mcgrewi A montanensis A stirtoni A taxoides Synonyms Prohyaena Schlosser 1890 Strobodon Webb 1969Description editAelurodon are a part of a clade of canids loosely known as bone crushing or hyena like dogs that apparently descended from the earlier genera Protomarctus and Tomarctus 2 Several species are known from fossils found in the central and western U S suggesting a wide geographic range during their peak in the Miocene epoch 4 2 Large species of Aelurodon A ferox and A taxoides may have hunted in packs like modern wolves 5 The evolution of Aelurodon is characterized by the progressive development of teeth adapted to a more hypercarnivorous diet a trend consistent with other borophagines 2 The earliest occurrence of the genus is A asthenostylus dating from 16 14 Ma This species then gives rise to two different anagenetic clades around 15 Ma One comprises the species A montaneis A mcgrewi and A stirtoni going extinct around 12 Ma The other clade persists until 5 3 Ma and includes A ferox and A taxoides A taxoides is the most derived and largest species in Aelurodon 1 2 References edit a b Wang Xiaoming Richard Tedford Beryl Taylor 1999 11 17 Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae PDF Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243 1 391 hdl 2246 1588 Archived from the original PDF on March 20 2007 Retrieved 2007 07 08 a b c d e f Wang Xiaoming Benjamin Wideman Ralph Nichols Debra Hanneman June 2004 A new species of Aelurodon Carnivora Canidae from the Barstovian of Montana PDF Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 2 445 452 doi 10 1671 2493 S2CID 21694500 Archived from the original PDF on December 16 2008 Retrieved 2015 04 14 Aelurodon Age Range and Collections PaleoBiology Database yu Vertebrates Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Aelurodon Archived from the original on 2011 07 18 Retrieved 2006 04 12 List of Aelurodon specimens from the Berkeley Natural History Museum Accessed 4 11 06 Van Valkenburgh B Sacco T Wang X 2003 Pack hunting in Miocene borophagine dogs evidence from craniodental morphology and body size PDF Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279 147 162 doi 10 1206 0003 0090 2003 279 lt 0147 C gt 2 0 CO 2 Archived from the original PDF on 2008 09 20 Retrieved 2008 05 02 Further reading editXiaoming Wang Richard H Tedford Mauricio Anton Dogs Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History New York Columbia University Press 2008 ISBN 978 0 231 13528 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aelurodon amp oldid 1158320443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
