It was recombined as Cynodictis latidens by Scott (1898); it was recombined as Nothocyon latidens by Matthew (1899), Merriam (1906), Matthew (1907), Peterson (1907), 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 Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford, et al. (1999).