Gracilocyon

Gracilocyon is an extinct genus of miacid carnivoran which existed in United States, in Belgium and in the United Kingdom during the earliest Eocene.[3] It was first named by Thierry Smith and Richard Smith in 2010 and the type species is Gracilocyon winkleri.[3]

Gracilocyon Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Gracilocyon Smith & Smith, 2010
Species
G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983) (type) G. rosei (Heinrich et al., 2008) G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010)[1][2] G. solei Smith & Smith, 2010
Synonyms
Miacis rosei Heinrich et al., 2008 Miacis rundlei Hooker, 2010 Miacis winkleri Gingerich, 1983

References

1. Jerry J. Hooker (2010). The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London. Palaeontographical Society. pp. 1–162. ISSN 0269-3445.
2. Floréal Solé; Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Marc Godinot (2013). "The "miacids" (Carnivoraformes, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene locality of Le Quesnoy (MP7, France); first occurrence of Vassacyon in Europe". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (4): 191–202. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.001.
3. Thierry Smith and Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)