Miocyon

Miocyon; Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Miocyon; (Matthew, 1909)
Type species
	†Uintacyon (Miocyon) scotti;
Species
	†M. magnus; †M. major; †M. scotti; †M. vallisrubrae;

Miocyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae, primitive carnivores which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene Epoch.

Notes[]

Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp. 110–123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2

The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America ISBN 0-521-43387-8

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