Phlaocyon latidens is an extinct species of the genus Phlaocyon, belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae and tribe Phlaocyonini, a canid which inhabited northwestern North America from the Late Oligocene to Miocene living 33.3–20.6 mya and existed for approximately .
Taxonomy Phlaocyon latidens was originally named Galecynus latidens by . It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by ; it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by , Merriam (1906), , , Thorpe (1922), Hall and Martin (1930), Macdonald (1963) and Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Cormocyon latidens by Wang and Fremd (1994); it was recombined as Phlaocyon latidens by .
Fossil distribution North Blue Basin Site, John Day Formation, Grant County, Oregon ~33.3–30.8 Ma. Foree Site, John Day Formation, Wheeler County, Oregon ~30.8–20.6 Ma.
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Martin, L.D. 1989. Fossil history of the terrestrial carnivora. Pages 536 - 568 in J.L. Gittleman, editor. Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, Vol. 1. Comstock Publishing Associates: Ithaca.