Daphoenus ruber

Daphoenus ruber Temporal range: 29.8–24.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	Daphoenus
Species:	Daphoenus ruber Stock, 1932

Daphoenus ruber is an extinct species of Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs"), a family of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, which inhabited North America during the early Oligocene 29.8—24.8 Mya, existing for approximately 5 million years.

Taxonomy

Daphoenus ruber was named by Stock (1932). Its type locality is Tecuya Canyon, California.^[1]

Morphology

A single specimen was measured by Legendre and Roth in 1988 for estimated body mass.

• 5.94 kg (13 lb).^[2]

Fossil distribution

Daphoenus ruber fossils were found in Oligocene Arikareean rocks in the Tecuya Canyon Formation of Kern County, California with other mammal species and are dated at ~29.8—24.8 Ma.

References

1. ^ C. Stock. 1932. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 418(4)
2. ^ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology