Gracilocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores
Gracilocyon Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
---|---|
![]() | |
teeth of Gracilocyon solei | |
![]() | |
teeth and lower jaw fragment of Gracilocyon winkleri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Gracilocyon Smith & Smith, 2010[1] |
Type species | |
†Gracilocyon winkleri Gingerich, 1983 | |
Species | |
| |
Synonyms | |
synonyms of genus:
synonyms of species:
|
Gracilocyon ("gracile dog") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Thierry Smith; Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125. S2CID 12610422.
- ^ K. Christopher Beard; Mary R. Dawson (2009). "Early Wasatchian Mammals of the Red Hot Local Fauna, Uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 78 (3): 193–243. doi:10.2992/007.078.0301. S2CID 86281527.
- ^ Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.
- ^ Jerry J. Hooker (2010). ""The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London"". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 164 (634). Palaeontographical Society: 1–162. Bibcode:2010MPalS.164....1H. doi:10.1080/25761900.2022.12131814. ISSN 0269-3445. S2CID 250702284.
- ^ P. D. Gingerich (1983) "Systematics of Early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(10):197-225
- v
- t
- e
Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Placentalia
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
- Clade: Scrotifera
- Grandorder: Ferungulata
- Mirorder: Ferae
|
|
|
|
![]() | This prehistoric mammal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e