Miocyon
| Miocyon[1] Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Family: | †Miacidae |
| Genus: | †Miocyon (Matthew, 1909) |
| Type species | |
| †Uintacyon (Miocyon) scotti | |
| Species | |
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Miocyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae, primitive carnivores which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene Epoch.
Notes
- ↑ Flynn, 1998
References
- 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
Sources
- The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America ISBN 0-521-43387-8
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