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Gracilocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Gracilocyon | |
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teeth of Gracilocyon solei | |
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teeth and lower jaw fragment of Gracilocyon winkleri | |
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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 | |
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