| 词条 | Osbornodon |
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Early Oligocene|Early Miocene}} | taxon = Osbornodon | authority = Wang, 1994 | type_species = †Osbornodon fricki | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
| range_map = Osbornodon.png | range_map_caption = Approximate range of Osbornodon based on fossil distribution }} Osbornodon ("Osborn's tooth") is an extinct genus of bone-crushing canid (canidae) that were endemic to North America and which lived from the Orellan age of the Early Oligocene to Early Miocene epoch 33.9—15.97 Ma (AEO) and existed for approximately {{Mya|33.9-15.97|million years}}. [1]TaxonomyOsbornodon was named by Wang (1994). Its type is Osbornodon fricki. It was assigned to Canidae by Wang (1994) and Munthe (1998).[2]MorphologyTwo fossil specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass. The first specimen was estimated to have weighed {{Convert|22.2|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}. The second specimen was estimated to have weighed {{Convert|20.2|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}.[3] GenusSeven known species of the genus Osbornodon existed:
SpeciesOsbornodon scitulus appears to be a transitional species that partially fills a large morphological and stratigraphical gap within the genus Osbornodon. Compared to Osbornodon renjiei and Osbornodon sesnoni, Osbornodon scitulus possesses derived characters such as large frontal sinus, high sagittal crest, narrow infraorbital canal, short bulla, and broad premolars. O. scitulus differs from Osbornodon wangi in larger size and relatively wider P3 and shorter P4. O. scitulus is distinguishable from Osbornodon iamonensis and later species in its primitive characters such as a non-elongated rostrum, paroccipital process that is not expanded posteriorly, mastoid process not reduced, and p4 not differentially enlarged relative to p3 (Wang, 2003). References1. ^Paleobiology Database: Osbornodon Basic info. 2. ^K. Munthe. 1998. Canidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 124-143 3. ^S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98
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