Dawsonicyon

Dawsonicyon; Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Dawsonicyon; Spaulding, Flynn & Stucky, 2010
Species
	D. isami Spaulding, Flynn & Stucky, 2010 (type);

Dawsonicyon is an extinct genus of basal carnivoramorphan which existed in Wyoming, United States, during the middle Eocene.^[1] Fossils are known from the ‘Bridger B’, site of of the Bridger Formation and includes an almost complete skeleton (holotype DMNH 19585). It was first named by Michelle Spaulding, John J. Flynn and Richard K. Stucky in 2010 and the type species is Dawsonicyon isami.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Michelle Spaulding; John J. Flynn; Richard K. Stucky (2010). "A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA". Palaeontology. 53 (4): 815–832. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x.

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[Dawsonicyon-1] Michelle Spaulding; John J. Flynn; Richard K. Stucky (2010). "A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA". Palaeontology. 53 (4): 815–832. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x.

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