Miocyon

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Clade:Pan-Carnivora

Clade:Carnivoramorpha

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]

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]