Dog Fossil Represents New Species of 'Bone Crusher'
A 12-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Maryland represents a new dog species with a strong bite.
In a study published in the Journal of Paleontology, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania describe Cynarctus wangi, a creature roughly the size of a modern coyote that likely would have behaved a bit like a hyena.
The canid lived during the middle Miocene and was part of an extinct family of dogs known as bone crushers, due to their strong jaws and big teeth.
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