- Paratomarctus
Taxobox
name = "Paratomarctus"
fossil_range =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Carnivoramorpha
familia = †Borophaginae
genus = † "Paratomarctus"
genus_authority = Wang, 1999
type_species = † "Paratomarctus temerarius"
binomial = † "Paratomarctus temerarius"
binomial_authority = Wang, 1999Paratomarctus is an extinct genus of
Borophaginae . It contains two species, "P. euthos" and "P. temerarius", and was first named by Wang in 1999. Paratomarctus is the first in the evolutionary sequence of: "Paratomarctus" to "Carpocyon " to "Protepicyon " to "Epicyon " to "Borophagus ".ources
* [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Paratomarctus_Genus.asp zipcodezoo.com]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41233 paleodb.org]
* [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5693/101?ck=nck www.sciencemag.org]
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