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Phlaocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phlaocyon (from Greek phlao, "eat greedily" and cyon, "dog")[1] is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lives from the Early Oligocene to the Early Miocene epoch 33.3–16.3 Mya, existing for approximately 17.3 million years.[2] It is closely related to Cynarctoides.
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Type specimen of Phlaocyon leucosteus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
Tribe: | †Phlaocyonini |
Genus: | †Phlaocyon Matthew 1899, p. 54 |
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†P. leucosteus | |
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