Gracilocyon

Gracilocyon; Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Gracilocyon; Smith & Smith, 2010
Species
	G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983) (type); G. rosei (Heinrich et al., 2008); G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010); G. solei Smith & Smith, 2010;
Synonyms
	Miacis rosei Heinrich et al., 2008; Miacis rundlei Hooker, 2010; Miacis winkleri Gingerich, 1983;

Gracilocyon is an extinct genus of miacid carnivoran which existed in United States, Belgium and in the United Kingdom during the earliest Eocene.^[3] It was first named by Thierry Smith and Richard Smith in 2010 and the type species is Gracilocyon winkleri.^[3]

References[]

^ Jerry J. Hooker (2010). "The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London". Palaeontographical Society: 1–162. ISSN 0269-3445.
^ Floréal Solé; Emmanuel Gheerbrant; Marc Godinot (2013). "The "miacids" (Carnivoraformes, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene locality of Le Quesnoy (MP7, France); first occurrence of Vassacyon in Europe". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (4): 191–202. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.001.
^ ^a ^b Thierry Smith and Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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