Cynodictis

Cynodictis; Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene; ~37–29 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	†Cynodictis; Bravard and Pomel, 1850
Species
	C. cayluxensis; C. crassus; C. elegans; C. exilis; C. ferox; C. lacustris; C. longirostris; C. parisiensis; C. peignei;

Cynodictis, ("slender dog marten") is an extinct amphicyonid carnivoran which inhabited Eurasia from the Late Eocene subepoch to the Early Oligocene subepoch living from 37.2—28.4 million years ago, existing for approximately 8.8 million years.^[1]^[2]

Anatomy[]

Cynodictis had a long muzzle and a low-slung body. It had carnassial teeth for slicing chunks of meat off carcasses. It was about 30 cm at the shoulder.

Fossil distribution[]

Fossil specimens have been found in the of Mengjiapo, China, in , Germany and in the of Spain, the and of the Isle of Wight, Great Britain as well as the and Quercy Phosphorites Formations and in France.

References[]

^ Paleobiology Database: Cynodictis, age range and collections
^ Egi, Naoko, Takehisa Tsubamoto, and Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar. "New amphicyonid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Upper Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation, Mongolia." Paleontological research 13.3 (2009): 245-249.("...It is similar to Cynodictis, which is a primitive amphicyonid from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of Europe...")

Cynodictis

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