Biology:Prodaphaenus
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores
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| part of lower jaw of Prodaphaenus uintensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
| Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
| Genus: | †Prodaphaenus Wortman & Matthew, 1899[1] |
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| †Prodaphaenus uintensis Osborn, 1895[2]
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Prodaphaenus ("before Daphoenus") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene.[3][4]
References
- ↑ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
- ↑ H. F. Osborn (1895) "Fossil mammals of the Uinta Basin. Expedition of 1894." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(2):71-105
- ↑ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=OLYifwU8bqQC&pg=PP9.
- ↑ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN:9780521355193
Wikidata ☰ Q4779774 entry
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