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Extinct genus of carnivores
Miocyon
Temporal range: 50.5–37.0 Ma early to late Eocene |
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lower jaw of Miocyon major |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Miocyon Matthew, 1909 |
Type species |
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†Miocyon scotti
Wortman & Matthew, 1899 |
Species |
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- †M. bathygnathus (Scott, 1888)[1]
- †M. magnus (Bryant, 1992)[2]
- †M. major (Matthew, 1909)[3]
- †M. scotti (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)[4]
- †M. vallisrubrae (Friscia & Rasmussen, 2010)[5]
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Synonyms |
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- Miacis bathygnathus (Scott, 1888)
- Uintacyon bathygnathus (Matthew, 1909)
- Uintacyon major (Matthew, 1909)
- Amphicyon vulpinum (Scott & Osborn, 1887)
- Amphicyon vulpinus (Scott & Osborn, 1887)
- Miacis vulpinus (Matthew, 1909)
- Prodaphaenus scotti (Scott & Osborn, 1887)[6]
- Uintacyon scotti (Matthew, 1909)
- Uintacyon vulpinus (Hay, 1902)[7]
- Uintacyon scotti (Gustafson, 1986)[8]
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Miocyon ("lesser dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to late Eocene.[9][10][11]
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other representatives | |
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ichnotaxa of Hyaenodonta | - †Creodontipus
- †Dischidodacylus
- †Sarcotherichnus
- †Zanclonychopus
- †Hyaenodontipus
- †Quiritipes
- †Sarjeantipes
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