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Carpocyon 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:	†Carpocyon Webb, 1969
Type species
†Carpocyon limosus Webb, 1969
Range of Carpocyon based on fossil distribution

Carpocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, 13.6 to 5.3 Ma Mya, existing for approximately 16.5 million years. The four species in the genus varied in size, with the largest (C. webbi) being about the size of a wolf; all had relatively small teeth, suggesting a diet that was more omnivorous than that of other contemporary borophagines.

Species

• Carpocyon compressus (syn. Cynodesmus cuspidatus), fossils have been found in Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas.
• Carpocyon limosus, fossils have been found in Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Florida.
• Carpocyon robustus, fossils have been found in Arizona, California, Colorado, South Dakota, and Texas.
• Carpocyon webbi, fossils have been found in Nebraska and New Mexico.

References

1. PaleoBiology Database: Carpocyon Taxonomy, Species
2. Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.
3. "†Carpocyon compressus Cope 1890 (bone-crushing dog)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
4. "†Carpocyon limosus Webb 1969 (bone-crushing dog)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
5. "†Carpocyon robustus Green 1948 (bone-crushing dog)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
6. Barnosky, Anthony; Carrasco, Marc. "Holotype: UCMP 33569 Carpocyon robustus". Mio Map: Miocene Mammal Mapping Project. University of California Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
7. "†Carpocyon webbi Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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