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Procynodictis

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Procynodictis
Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
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Procynodictis

Wortman and Matthew (1899)
Type species
Procynodictis vulpiceps
Species
  • P. progressus
  • P. vulpiceps

Procynodictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It was first named by Wortman and Matthew in 1899, and contains two species: P. progressus and P. vulpiceps. It was identified as an ancestor of Hesperocyon.

Sources

  • zipcodezoo.com
  • paleodb.org
  • www.pnas.org
  • www.sdnhm.org
  • The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America By Donald R. Prothero, Robert J. Emry; Published 1996 Cambridge University Press; page 448. ISBN 0-521-43387-8
  • 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. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2