Pyrocyon
| Pyrocyon Temporal range: Wasatchian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Genus: | †Pyrocyon |
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| Pyrocyon dioctetus Gingerich and Deustch, 1989
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Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is a genus of small carnivorous hyaenodontid that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming.[1] Its weight has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.[2][3]
References
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon
- ^ "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (3): 497–528. 2001.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391. 1989.
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