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Vassacyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vassacyon ("wasatchian dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to early Eocene.[7][8][9] It is considered the largest of the early Eocene mammals.
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Vassacyon | |
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Skull of Vassacyon promicrodon | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Vassacyon Matthew, 1909[1] |
Type species | |
†Vassacyon promicrodon Wortman & Matthew, 1899 | |
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