Pyrocyon
| Pyrocyon Temporal range: Wasatchian, 55.8–50.3 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyaenodontinae |
| Genus: | †Pyrocyon |
| Type species | |
| Pyrocyon dioctetus Gingerich and Deustch, 1989 | |
Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is a genus of small carnivorous hyaenodontid that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming.[1] Its weight has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon
- ↑ Egi, Naoko (2001). "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids." (PDF). Paleontology. 44 (3): 497–528.
- ↑ Gingerich, Philip D., and Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.
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