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Pyrocyon
Extinct genus of dog-like animals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is an extinct genus of small carnivorous placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming and Colorado.[6] Weight of Pyrocyon dioctetus has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.[7]
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parts of upper and lower jaws of Pyrocyon strenuus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Genus: | †Pyrocyon Gingerich & Deustch, 1989 |
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†Pyrocyon dioctetus Gingerich & Deustch, 1989 | |
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