Miocyon

Miocyon; Temporal range: 50.5–37.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to late Eocene
	lower jaw of Miocyon major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Miocyon; Matthew, 1909
Type species
	†Miocyon scotti; Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
	†M. bathygnathus (Scott, 1888); †M. magnus (Bryant, 1992); †M. major (Matthew, 1909); †M. scotti (Wortman & Matthew, 1899); †M. vallisrubrae (Friscia & Rasmussen, 2010);
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: M. bathygnathus: Miacis bathygnathus (Scott, 1888) ; Uintacyon bathygnathus (Matthew, 1909) ; ; M. major: Uintacyon major (Matthew, 1909) ; ; M. scotti: Amphicyon vulpinum (Scott & Osborn, 1887) ; Amphicyon vulpinus (Scott & Osborn, 1887) ; Miacis vulpinus (Matthew, 1909) ; Prodaphaenus scotti (Scott & Osborn, 1887) ; Uintacyon scotti (Matthew, 1909) ; Uintacyon vulpinus (Hay, 1902) ; ; M. vallisrubrae: Uintacyon scotti (Gustafson, 1986) ; ;

Miocyon ("lesser dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to late Eocene.^[9]^[10]^[11]

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Miocyon Temporal range: 50.5–37.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to late Eocene

lower jaw of Miocyon major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Miocyon Matthew, 1909
Type species
†Miocyon scotti Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
†M. bathygnathus (Scott, 1888)^[1] †M. magnus (Bryant, 1992)^[2] †M. major (Matthew, 1909)^[3] †M. scotti (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)^[4] †M. vallisrubrae (Friscia & Rasmussen, 2010)^[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: M. bathygnathus: Miacis bathygnathus (Scott, 1888) Uintacyon bathygnathus (Matthew, 1909) M. major: Uintacyon major (Matthew, 1909) M. scotti: Amphicyon vulpinum (Scott & Osborn, 1887) Amphicyon vulpinus (Scott & Osborn, 1887) Miacis vulpinus (Matthew, 1909) Prodaphaenus scotti (Scott & Osborn, 1887)^[6] Uintacyon scotti (Matthew, 1909) Uintacyon vulpinus (Hay, 1902)^[7] M. vallisrubrae: Uintacyon scotti (Gustafson, 1986)^[8]