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Paratomarctus Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	†Borophaginae
Tribe:	†Borophagini
Subtribe:	†Borophagina
Genus:	†Paratomarctus Wang et al., 1999
Species:	†P. temerarius
Binomial name
†Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858

Range of Paratomarctus based on fossil distribution

Paratomarctus is an extinct monospecific genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Middle to Late Miocene, 16.3 – 5.3 mya, existing for approximately 11 million years.^[1] It was about the size of a coyote, and was probably a generalised predator, without the specialised adaptations of most later borophagines.^[2]

Paratomarctus was one of the last of the Borophaginae and shared its habitat with other canids, including Borophagus, Epicyon, Carpocyon, Aelurodon, and the true canine, Canis lepophagus. Fossils have been uncovered throughout most of the western United States.

References

^ Paleobiology Database: Paratomarctus
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.

Extinct members of the family Canidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia

incertae sedis

†Prohesperocyon

†Hesperocyoninae

†Borophaginae

Phlaocyonini

Cynarctoides
Phlaocyon

Borophagini

Cormocyon Desmocyon Metatomarctus Euoplocyon Psalidocyon Microtomarctus Protomarctus Tephrocyon
Cynarctina	Paracynarctus Cynarctus
Aelurodontina	Tomarctus Aelurodon
Borophagina	Paratomarctus Carpocyon Protepicyon Epicyon Borophagus

Caninae

†Leptocyon
†Metalopex
†Nurocyon
†Prototocyon

Urocyon

†U. citrinus
†U. galushai
†U. minicephalus
†U. progressus
†U. webbi

Vulpes

Canini

Cerdocyonina

†Dusicyon †Protocyon †Theriodictis
Lycalopex	†L. cultridens †L. ensenadensis
Speothos	†S. pacivorus

Canina

†Cynotherium
†Eucyon
†Aenocyon
†Xenocyon

Cuon

†C. alpinus europaeus

Canis

†C. apolloniensis †C. armbrusteri †C. arnensis †C. cedazoensis †C. edwardii †C. etruscus †C. ferox †C. lepophagus
C. latrans	†C. l. orcutti
C. lupus	†C. l. alces †C. l. beothucus †C. l. bernardi †C. l. cristaldii †C. l. floridanus †C. l. fuscus †C. l. gregoryi †C. l. griseoalbus †C. l. hattai †C. l. hodophilax †C. l. mogollonensis †C. l. monstrabilis †C. l. nubilus †C. l. youngi

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