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{{short description|Genus of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Late Miocene}}
| display_parents = 4
| genus = Paratomarctus
| parent_authority = Wang ''et al.'', 1999
| species = temerarius
| authority = Leidy 1858
| range_map = Paratomarctus range.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Paratomarctus'' based on fossil distribution
}}

'''''Paratomarctus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[monotypic taxon|monospecific]] [[genus]] of the [[Borophaginae]] subfamily of [[canid]]s native to [[North America]]. It lived from the Middle to Late [[Miocene]], 16.3 – 5.3 [[Anum|mya]], existing for approximately {{Mya|16.3-5.3|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41233 Paleobiology Database: ''Paratomarctus'']</ref> It was about the size of a [[coyote]], and was probably a generalised predator, without the specialised adaptations of most later borophagines.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Wang |first1= Xiaoming | last2= Tedford | first2= Richard H. | date= 2008 |title= Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History |publisher= Columbia |page= 35 |isbn= 978-0-231-13528-3}}</ref>

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

==References==
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*[http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Paratomarctus_Genus.asp zipcodezoo.com] 
*[http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5693/101?ck=nck www.sciencemag.org]

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[[Category:Borophagines]]
[[Category:Miocene carnivorans]]
[[Category:Miocene mammals of North America]]
[[Category:Monotypic prehistoric carnivoran genera]]


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