Borophagina Explained

Borophagina is a subtribe of the Borophaginae, a group of extinct canids. They inhabited much of North America from the Early Miocene to the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene, 20.6—3.6 Mya, and existed for approximately .^[1]

Like some other borophagines, they were short-faced, heavy-jawed canids^{[2] [3]} although the group included both omnivorous and hypercarnivorous species.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83324 PaleoBiology Database: Borophagina: Age range and collections
2. Nowak, R. M., Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II, 1991
3. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1588 Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae). Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 243, Wang, Tedford, Taylor.
4. Book: Wang . Xiaoming . Tedford . Richard H. . 2008 . Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History . Columbia . 35 . 978-0-231-13528-3.