Miocyon

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

Miocyon[1]
Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Miocyon
(Matthew, 1909)
Type species
†Uintacyon (Miocyon) scotti
Species
  • †M. magnus
  • †M. major
  • †M. scotti
  • †M. vallisrubrae

Notes
  1. 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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