Biology:Gracilocyon

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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores


Gracilocyon
Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma
late Paleocene to early Eocene
Gracilocyon solei.jpg
teeth of Gracilocyon solei
Gracilocyon winkleri.jpg
teeth and lower jaw fragment of
Gracilocyon winkleri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: Gracilocyon
Smith & Smith, 2010[1]
Type species
Gracilocyon winkleri
Gingerich, 1983
Species
  • G. igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)[2]
  • G. rosei (Heinrich, 2008)[3]
  • G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010)[4]
  • G. solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
  • G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)[5]
Synonyms

Gracilocyon ("gracile dog") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Thierry Smith; Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125. 
  2. K. Christopher Beard; Mary R. Dawson (2009). "Early Wasatchian Mammals of the Red Hot Local Fauna, Uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Annals of Carnegie Museum 78 (3): 193–243. doi:10.2992/007.078.0301. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237065529. 
  3. Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology 82 (1): 154–162. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. Bibcode2008JPal...82..154H. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/earliest-eocene-miacidae-mammalia-carnivora-from-northwestern-wyoming/83C6DE571B5ED1F0462018E49445FC16#. 
  4. Jerry J. Hooker (2010). ""The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London"". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society (Palaeontographical Society) 164 (634): 1–162. doi:10.1080/25761900.2022.12131814. ISSN 0269-3445. Bibcode2010MPalS.164....1H. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131814. 
  5. P. D. Gingerich (1983) "Systematics of Early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(10):197-225

Wikidata ☰ Q5591637 entry