Biology:Arctocyonia
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Short description: Extinct clade of mammals
| Arctocyonians | |
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| Fossils of Arctocyon primaevus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Paraxonia |
| Order: | †Arctocyonia Van Valen, 1966 |
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†Arctocyonidae | |
Arctocyonians (Arctocyonia; also known as "Procreodi") are a clade of laurasiatherian[citation needed] mammals whose stratigraphic range runs from the Palaeocene to the Early Eocene epochs. They were among the earliest examples of major mammalian predators after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. While some classify arctocyonians as stem-artiodactyls,[1][2] others have classified the group as members of Ferae.[3] There are three families classified in the order: Arctocyonidae, Oxyclaenidae, and Quettacyonidae.
References
- ↑ McKenna, M. C. (1975). "Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Mammalia". in Luckett, W. P.; Szalay, F. S.. Phylogeny of the Primates. New York: Plenum. pp. 21–46.
- ↑ De Bast, Eric; Smith, Thierry (2012-10-31). "Reassessment of the small 'arctocyonid' Prolatidens waudruae from the Early Paleocene of Belgium, and its phylogenetic relationships with ungulate-like mammals". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (4): 964–976. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.747531. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263555483. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ↑ Halliday, Thomas J. D.; Upchurch, Paul; Goswami, Anjali (2015). "Resolving the relationships of Paleocene placental mammals". Biological Reviews 92 (1): 521–550. doi:10.1111/brv.12242. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 28075073. PMC 6849585. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1473028/1/Halliday_et_al-Biological_Reviews.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q17816503 entry
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