Procynodictis

Procynodictis
Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoramorpha
Family: Miacidae
Genus: Procynodictis
Wortman and Matthew (1899)
Type species
Procynodictis vulpiceps
Species
  • P. progressus
  • P. vulpiceps

Procynodictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It was first named by Wortman and Matthew in 1899, and contains two species: P. progressus and P. vulpiceps. It was identified as an ancestor of Hesperocyon.

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