Miocyon

Miocyon; Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivoramorpha
Family:	†Miacidae
Genus:	†Miocyon; (Matthew, 1909)
Type species
	†Uintacyon (Miocyon) scotti;
Species
	†M. magnus; †M. major; †M. scotti; †M. vallisrubrae;

Miocyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae, primitive carnivores which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene Epoch.

Notes

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

The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America ISBN 0-521-43387-8

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