Gracilocyon

Gracilocyon Temporal range: 57.2–50.5  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to early Eocene
teeth of Gracilocyon solei
teeth and lower jaw fragment of Gracilocyon winkleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	† Gracilocyon Smith & Smith, 2010 [1]
Type species
†Gracilocyon winkleri Gingerich, 1983
Species
†G. igniculus(Beard & Dawson, 2009) [2] †G. rosei(Heinrich, 2008) [3] †G. rundlei(Hooker, 2010) [4] †G. solei(Smith & Smith, 2010) [1] †G. winkleri(Gingerich, 1983) [5]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Grucihcyon(Smith & Smith, 2010) [1] synonyms of species: G. igniculus: Miacis igniculus(Beard & Dawson, 2009) G. rosei: Miacis rosei(Heinrich, 2008) G. rundlei: Miacis rundlei(Hooker, 2010) G. solei: Miacis solei(Smith & Smith, 2010) G. winkleri: Grucihcyon winkleri(Smith & Smith, 2010) [1] Miacis winkleri(Gingerich, 1983)

Gracilocyon ("gracile dog") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene. ^[1]

See also

• Mammal classification
• Carnivoraformes
• Miacidae

References

1. Thierry Smith; Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 761–764. doi: 10.4202/app.2009.0125 . S2CID   12610422.
2. K. Christopher Beard; Mary R. Dawson (2009). "Early Wasatchian Mammals of the Red Hot Local Fauna, Uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 78 (3): 193–243. Bibcode:2009AnCM...78..193B. doi:10.2992/007.078.0301. S2CID   86281527.
3. Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID   35030667.
4. Jerry J. Hooker (2010). ""The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London"". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 164 (634). Palaeontographical Society: 1–162. Bibcode:2010MPalS.164....1H. doi:10.1080/25761900.2022.12131814. ISSN   0269-3445. S2CID   250702284.
5. P. D. Gingerich (1983) "Systematics of Early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(10):197-225