Pyrocyon

Pyrocyon; Temporal range: Wasatchian, 55.8–50.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Creodonta
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily:	†Hyaenodontinae
Genus:	†Pyrocyon
Type species
	Pyrocyon dioctetus; Gingerich and Deustch, 1989

Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is a genus of small carnivorous hyaenodontid that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming.[1] Its weight has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.[2][3]

References

Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon
Egi, Naoko (2001). "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (3): 497–528.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Gingerich, Philip D., and Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[pbd-1] Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon

[2] Egi, Naoko (2001). "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (3): 497–528.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[3] Gingerich, Philip D., and Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)