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| Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora, Canidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 221 |
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| Title: | Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora, Canidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 221 |
| Authors: | Wang, Xiaoming, 1957- |
| Issue Date: | 1994 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 221 |
| Abstract: | "The subfamily Hesperocyoninae includes the oldest and most primitive members of the Canidae. It has a geological range from late Eocene (Duchesnean) to middle Miocene (early Barstovian), lasting more than 20 million years. Representatives of the Hesperocyoninae are known only in North America. Initial diversification of the Hesperocyoninae began in the Orellan, and by the Whitneyan, all of its main lineages were in place. It achieved a maximum diversity of 14 species in the early Arikareean. The present study describes the extraordinary fossil canids from the Frick Collection. It contains many new taxa that provide new insight into the phylogeny of the hesperocyonines, and also more complete materials of known forms that allow better assessments of morphological variations. Besides the basal canid Prohesperocyon, a total of 10 genera and 26 species of hesperocyonines are recognized; among these, 4 genera and 8 species are new. A phylogenetic analysis is performed using cladistic metho... |
| Description: | 207 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-179). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/829 |
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