Fig. 37. A, Delotrochanter oryktes (UNSM 47800), cranium with P1–M2 of presumed female from carnivore den, Beardog Hill, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Sioux Co., Nebraska. The short, deep hyenalike skull is unique among temnocyonines. B, Plan map of dens showing location of burrow (den 2) that contained the skull and foot bones of D. oryktes (UNSM 47800). The beardog Daphoenodon superbus was the principal occupant of dens 1, 3, and 4; mustelids were found in dens 5 and 6.

Published as part of Hunt, Robert M., 2011, Evolution Of Large Carnivores During The Mid-Cenozoic Of North America: The Temnocyonine Radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae), pp. 1-153 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (358) on page 81, DOI: 10.1206/358.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4610748