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Dormaalocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dormaalocyon ("dog from Dormaal") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the early Eocene.[2][4] The type species, Dormaalocyon latouri, was discovered when fossils were unearthed in the village of Dormaal, near Zoutleeuw, in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.[5][6]
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Life restoration of Dormaalocyon latouri | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Dormaalocyon Solé, 2014[2] |
Type species | |
†Dormaalocyon latouri Quinet, 1966[3] | |
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It is considered one of the earliest ancestors to modern-day carnivoraforms.[7]