Tapocyon ("dog from Tapo Canyon") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America during the middle Eocene.[5][6] Tapocyon was about the size of a coyote and is believed to have been a good climber that spent a lot of time in trees.[7]
Tapocyon Temporal range: Eocene
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Life restoration of Tapocyon robustus | |
Replica of T. robustus lower jaw at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Tapocyon Stock, 1934[1] |
Type species | |
†Tapocyon robustus Peterson, 1919
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Species | |
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