Paratomarctus
| Paratomarctus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Borophagina |
| Genus: | †Paratomarctus Wang et al., 1999 |
| Species: | †P. temerarius
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| †Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858
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| Range of Paratomarctus based on fossil distribution | |
Paratomarctus is an
canids native to North America. It lived from the Middle to Late Miocene, 16.3 – 5.3 mya, existing for approximately 11 million years.[1] It was about the size of a coyote, and was probably a generalised predator, without the specialised adaptations of most later borophagines.[2]
Paratomarctus was one of the last of the Borophaginae and shared its habitat with other canids, including Fossils have been uncovered throughout most of the western United States.