Miocyon
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| Miocyon[1] Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Family: | †Miacidae |
| Genus: | †Miocyon (Matthew, 1909) |
| Type species | |
| †Uintacyon (Miocyon) scotti |
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Miocyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae, primitive carnivores which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene Epoch.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Flynn, 1998
[edit] References
- Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
[edit] Sources
- The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America ISBN 0521433878
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