Gracilocyon

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Gracilocyon
Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma late Paleocene to early Eocene
teeth of Gracilocyon solei
teeth and lower jaw fragment of
Gracilocyon winkleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: Gracilocyon
Smith & Smith, 2010[1]
Type species
Gracilocyon winkleri
Gingerich, 1983
Species
  • G. igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)[2]
  • G. rosei (Heinrich, 2008)[3]
  • G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010)[4]
  • G. solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
  • G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Grucihcyon (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
synonyms of species:
  • G. igniculus:
    • Miacis igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
  • G. rosei:
    • Miacis rosei (Heinrich, 2008)
  • G. rundlei:
    • Miacis rundlei (Hooker, 2010)
  • G. solei:
    • Miacis solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)
  • G. winkleri:
    • Grucihcyon winkleri (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
    • Miacis winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)

Gracilocyon ("gracile dog") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene.[1]

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