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Palaearctonyx
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palaearctonyx ("ancient bear's claw") is an extinct genus of omnivorous placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.[2][3][4][5]
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Palaearctonyx | |
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part of upper jaw of Palaearctonyx meadi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Palaearctonyx Matthew, 1909[1] |
Type species | |
†Palaearctonyx meadi Matthew, 1909 |
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