Vassacyon

Vassacyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It contains two species; Vassacyon promicrodon and Vassacyon bowni. It is considered the largest of the early Eocene mammals.

Vassacyon[1]
Temporal range: early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Ferae
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Vassacyon
Matthew, 1909
Type species
†Uintacyon promicrodon
Species
  • †V. promicrodon
  • †V. bowni

Notes
  1. classification and range from Flynn, 1998; species from Heinrich et al., 2008
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References
  • 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
  • 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.
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