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Gobicyon

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Gobicyon
Temporal range: 13.6–11.6 Ma
Middle Miocene - Late Miocene
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Gobicyon

Colbert (1839)

Gobicyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore belonging to the dog family ("Canidae") endemic to Central Asia from the Early Miocene subepoch through to the Late Miocene subepoch 13.6—11.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.[1]

Gobicyon was named by Edwin Harris Colbert in 1939.

Fossil distribution

Tong Xin, Central China.

Sister genera

Alopex, Caedocyon, Canis (synonymous with Aenocyon, Lyciscus), Cerdocyon, Chailicyon, Chrysocyon, Cuon, Cynodesmus, Cynotherium, Dusicyon, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon (syn. Hyaenocyon), Eucyon, Hesperocyon (synonymous with Pseudocynodictis), Leptocyon, Mesocyon (synonymous with Hypotemnodon), Neocynodesmus, Nyctereutes, Osbornodon, Otocyon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Protocyon, Prototocyon, Pseudalopex, Sunkahetanka, Theriodictis, Urocyon, Vulpes.

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