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]
Gracilocyon late | |
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teeth of Gracilocyon solei | |
teeth and lower jaw fragment of Gracilocyon winkleri | |
Scientific classification | |
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
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Species | |
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