Euoplocyon

Euoplocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene, 20.6—13.6 Mya, existing for about 7 million years.^[2] A member of the Borophagini tribe,^[3] it was an intermediate-sized canid, with specialisations towards a heavily meat-based diet.^[4]

Euoplocyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	†Borophaginae
Tribe:	†Borophagini
Genus:	†Euoplocyon Matthew, 1924[1]
Type species
† Euoplocyon praedator Douglass, 1903
Species
† Euoplocyon brachygnathus † Euoplocyon spissiden

Species

• E. brachygnathus (syn. Aelurodon brachygnathus, E. praedator) Douglass 1903, discovered at the Flint Creek Beds, a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Montana.
• E. spissidens (syn. Aelurocyon spissidens, Enhydrocyon spissidens) White 1947,^[2] discovered at the Alachua Formation, Alachua County, Florida.