Paratomarctus

Taxobox
name = "Paratomarctus"
fossil_range =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivoramorpha
familia = † Borophaginae
genus = † "Paratomarctus"
genus_authority = Wang, 1999
type_species = † "Paratomarctus temerarius"
binomial = † "Paratomarctus temerarius"
binomial_authority = Wang, 1999

Paratomarctus is an extinct genus of Borophaginae. It contains two species, "P. euthos" and "P. temerarius", and was first named by Wang in 1999. Paratomarctus is the first in the evolutionary sequence of: "Paratomarctus" to "Carpocyon" to "Protepicyon" to "Epicyon" to "Borophagus".

ources

* [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Paratomarctus_Genus.asp zipcodezoo.com]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41233 paleodb.org]
* [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5693/101?ck=nck www.sciencemag.org]