Tephrocyon, MERRIAM, 1906

Maguire, Kaitlin Clare & Schmitz, Joshua X. Samuels and Mark D., 2022, The fauna and chronostratigraphy of the middle Miocene Mascall type area, John Day Basin, Oregon, USA, PaleoBios 35, pp. 1-51 : 14

TEPHROCYON MERRIAM, 1906

Tephrocyon rurestris CONDON, 1896

Holotype — From Cottonwood Creek : skull with right C1 (broken), P1 alveoli, left and right P2 through M2 (left P3 broken) and mandible with canine, p1 alveoli and left and right p2 through m3, UOMNCH 23077 ( Wang et al., 1999: fig. 68).

Referred specimens —From Cottonwood Creek: partial dentary with p4 and m1, UOMNCH 24191; maxillary fragment with P4, UOMNCH 24192; left P4, M1 and M2, right P4, and left m2 and m3, YPM 12713 ( Downs 1956; fig. 12a). From V 4824: left M1, JODA 17392. From V 4834: partial left m1, UCMP 39297 ( Downs, 1956: fig. 12c). From JDNM-4*: left p4 through m2, JODA 1336; partial m1, JODA 2318; right dentary with p4-m1, JODA 2396. From JDNM-71: right M1, JODA 6644.

Occurrence —Cottonwood Creek, UCMP V 4834, JDNM-4*, JDNM-71.

Remarks —These specimens were originally identified as Tomarctus rurestris Condon, 1896 and then recombined to Tephrocyon rurestris according to Wang et al. (1999). The complete description of the holotype and species description are presented in Wang et al. (1999)