Biology:Dawsonicyon
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
| Genus: | †Dawsonicyon Spaulding, Flynn & Stucky, 2010 |
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Dawsonicyon is an extinct genus of basal carnivoramorphan which existed in Wyoming, United States, during the middle Eocene.[1] Fossils are known from the ‘Bridger B’, site of Black’s Fork member of the Bridger Formation and includes an almost complete skeleton (holotype DMNH 19585). It was first named by Michelle Spaulding, John J. Flynn and Richard K. Stucky in 2010 and the type species is Dawsonicyon isami.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michelle Spaulding; John J. Flynn; Richard K. Stucky (2010). "A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the ‘Bridger B’ (Black’s Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA". Palaeontology 53 (4): 815–832. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q5242696 entry
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