Prolimnocyon
Appearance
Prolimnocyon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Limnocyoninae |
Genus: | †Prolimnocyon Matthew, 1915 |
Type species | |
Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew, 1915
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Species | |
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Prolimnocyon is an extinct genus of hyaenodontid mammals. Known from the Paleocene to the Eocene of Asia and North America,[1] it is the earliest known member of the hyaenodontid subfamily Limnocyoninae.[2]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Prolimnocyon". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Rose, Kenneth D. (2009). The Beginning of the Age of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-8018-9221-9.