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Extinct family of mammals
Limnocyoninae ("swamp dogs") is a subfamily of extinct predatory mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta . Fossil remains of these mammals are known from late Paleocene to late Eocene deposits in North America and Asia .[5] Limnocyonines had only two molars in the upper and lower dentition.[6]
Classification and phylogeny Taxonomy Family: †Limnocyonidae (Wortman, 1902) Genus: †Iridodon (Morlo & Gunnell, 2003) †Iridodon datzae (Morlo & Gunnell, 2003) Genus: †Limnocyon (paraphyletic genus) (Marsh, 1872) †Limnocyon cuspidens (Morlo & Gunnell, 2005) †Limnocyon potens (Matthew, 1909) †Limnocyon verus (Marsh, 1872) Genus: †Oxyaenodon (Matthew, 1899) †Oxyaenodon dysodus (Matthew, 1899) Genus: †Prolaena (Xu, 1979) †Prolaena parva (Xu, 1979) Genus: †Prolimnocyon (paraphyletic genus) (Matthew & Granger, 1915) †Prolimnocyon antiquus (Matthew & Granger, 1915) †Prolimnocyon atavus (Matthew & Granger, 1915) †Prolimnocyon chowi (Meng, 1998) †Prolimnocyon eerius (Gingerich, 1989) †Prolimnocyon haematus (Gingerich & Deutsch, 1989) Genus: †Thinocyon (Marsh, 1872) †Thinocyon medius (Wortman, 1902) †Thinocyon velox (Marsh, 1872) References
†Afro‑Arabian clade
other representatives
ichnotaxa of Hyaenodonta†Creodontipus †Dischidodacylus †Sarcotherichnus †Zanclonychopus †Hyaenodontipus †Quiritipes †Sarjeantipes