Gracilocyon

Gracilocyon
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Miacidae
Genus: Gracilocyon
Smith & Smith, 2010
Species
  • G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983) (type)
  • G. rosei (Heinrich et al., 2008)
  • G. solei Smith & Smith, 2010
Synonyms
  • Miacis rosei Heinrich et al., 2008
  • Miacis winkleri Gingerich, 1983

Gracilocyon is an extinct genus of miacid carnivoran which existed in USA and in Belgium during the earliest Eocene.[1] It was first named by Thierry Smith and Richard Smith in 2010 and the type species is Gracilocyon winkleri.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Thierry Smith and Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of ‘miacid’ carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125.
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