Enhydrocyon
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Enhydrocyon is an extinct genus of bone crushing canid which inhabited North America during the Oligocene and Early Miocene, 30.8—20.4 Ma, existing for approximately 11 million years. [1]
EnhydrocyonTemplate:'s dentition suggests this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore.[2] Species of Enhydrocyon were relatively large, powerfully built carnivores with a short snout and deep jaws reminiscent of a jaguar.[3] These features give the skull a shape resembling that of the extant sea otter (Enhydra), prompting the scientific name.[4] With an estimated weight of about Script error: No such module "convert"., this was the earliest genus of canid adapted to be specialized predators.[4]
Species
- †Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope 1879
- †E. crassidens Matthew 1907
- †E. pahinsintewakpa Macdonald 1963
- †E. sectorius Cope 1883
- †E. stenocephalus Cope 1879
References
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