Procynodictis

Procynodictis; Temporal range: 50.5–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to middle Eocene
	lower jaw of Procynodictis vulpiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Procynodictis; Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Type species
	†Procynodictis vulpiceps; Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
	†P. progressus (Stock, 1935); †P. vulpiceps (Wortman & Matthew, 1899);
Synonyms
	synonyms of genus: Plesiomiacis (Simpson, 1945) ; synonyms of species: P. progressus: Plesiomiacis progressus (Simpson, 1945) ; Viverravus progressus (Stock, 1935) ; ;

Procynodictis ("before Cynodictis") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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Procynodictis Temporal range: 50.5–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to middle Eocene

lower jaw of Procynodictis vulpiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Procynodictis Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Type species
†Procynodictis vulpiceps Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
†P. progressus (Stock, 1935)^[1] †P. vulpiceps (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)^[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Plesiomiacis (Simpson, 1945)^[3] synonyms of species: P. progressus: Plesiomiacis progressus (Simpson, 1945)^[3] Viverravus progressus (Stock, 1935)