Uintacyon

Uintacyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae. There are at least two species in the genus; Uintacyon rudis and Uintacyon gingerichi, the latter being recently discovered.

Uintacyon[1]
Temporal range: late Paleocene to middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Ferae
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Uintacyon
Leidy, 1872
Type species
†Uintacyon edax
Species
  • †U. asodes
  • †U. bathygnathous
  • †U. edax
  • †U. gingerichi
  • †U. jugulans
  • †U. massetericus
  • †U. rudis
  • †U. vorax

Notes
  1. Heinrich et al., 2008
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References
  • Heinrich, R.E.; Strait, S.G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. doi:10.1666/05-118.1.

Sources
  • Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp. 110–123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
  • findarticles.com
  • www.taxonomy.nl
  • www.jstor.org


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