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]

Gracilocyon
Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 Ma late Paleocene to early Eocene
teeth of Gracilocyon solei
teeth and lower jaw fragment of
Gracilocyon winkleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species
  • G. igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)[2]
  • G. rosei (Heinrich, 2008)[3]
  • G. rundlei (Hooker, 2010)[4]
  • G. solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
  • G. winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Grucihcyon (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
synonyms of species:
  • G. igniculus:
    • Miacis igniculus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
  • G. rosei:
    • Miacis rosei (Heinrich, 2008)
  • G. rundlei:
    • Miacis rundlei (Hooker, 2010)
  • G. solei:
    • Miacis solei (Smith & Smith, 2010)
  • G. winkleri:
    • Grucihcyon winkleri (Smith & Smith, 2010)[1]
    • Miacis winkleri (Gingerich, 1983)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Thierry Smith; Richard Smith (2010). "A new genus of 'miacid' carnivoran from the earliest Eocene of Europe and North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 761–764. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0125. S2CID 12610422.
  2. ^ K. Christopher Beard; Mary R. Dawson (2009). "Early Wasatchian Mammals of the Red Hot Local Fauna, Uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 78 (3): 193–243. doi:10.2992/007.078.0301. S2CID 86281527.
  3. ^ Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.
  4. ^ Jerry J. Hooker (2010). ""The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London"". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 164 (634). Palaeontographical Society: 1–162. Bibcode:2010MPalS.164....1H. doi:10.1080/25761900.2022.12131814. ISSN 0269-3445. S2CID 250702284.
  5. ^ P. D. Gingerich (1983) "Systematics of Early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(10):197-225