Dormaalocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores
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Dormaalocyon ("dog from Dormaal") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the early Eocene.[2][4] The type species, Dormaalocyon latouri, was discovered when fossils were unearthed in the village of Dormaal, near Zoutleeuw, in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.[5][6]
| Dormaalocyon | |
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| Life restoration of Dormaalocyon latouri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
| Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
| Genus: | †Dormaalocyon Solé, 2014[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Dormaalocyon latouri Quinet, 1966[3] | |
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It is considered one of the earliest ancestors to modern-day carnivoraforms.[7]
