Paratomarctus

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Paratomarctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoramorpha
Family: Borophaginae
Genus: Paratomarctus
Wang, 1999
Binomial name
Paratomarctus temerarius
Wang, 1999
Type species
Paratomarctus temerarius

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.

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