Limnocyon
Limnocyon is a genus of hyaenodontid that lived in North America during the middle Eocene, existing for approximately 10 million years. Fossils of this animal have been found in California, Utah and Wyoming.[1]
Limnocyon | |
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Skull of Limnocyon verus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Limnocyoninae |
Genus: | †Limnocyon |
Type species | |
Limnocyon verus Marsh, 1872 | |
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Description
Limnocyon was a small omnivorous hyaenodontid, with some estimates placing it at less than one kilogram in weight.[1] Like other limnocyonines, Limnocyon had only two molars in the upper and lower dentition.[2]
References
- Paleobiology Database: Limnocyon
- Michael Morlo and Gregg F. Gunnell (2005). "New Species of Limnocyon (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Bridgerian (Middle Eocene)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 251–255. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0251:nsolmc]2.0.co;2.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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