Miocyon

Miocyon; Temporal range: 50.5–37.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to late Eocene
	lower jaw of Miocyon major
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Miocyon; Matthew, 1909
Type species
	†Miocyon scotti; Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
	†M. bathygnathus (Scott, 1888); †M. magnus (Bryant, 1992); †M. major (Matthew, 1909); †M. scotti (Wortman & Matthew, 1899); †M. vallisrubrae (Friscia & Rasmussen, 2010);
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: M. bathygnathus: Miacis bathygnathus (Scott, 1888) ; Uintacyon bathygnathus (Matthew, 1909) ; ; M. major: Uintacyon major (Matthew, 1909) ; ; M. scotti: Amphicyon vulpinum (Scott & Osborn, 1887) ; Amphicyon vulpinus (Scott & Osborn, 1887) ; Miacis vulpinus (Matthew, 1909) ; Prodaphaenus scotti (Scott & Osborn, 1887) ; Uintacyon scotti (Matthew, 1909) ; Uintacyon vulpinus (Hay, 1902) ; ; M. vallisrubrae: Uintacyon scotti (Gustafson, 1986) ; ;

Miocyon ("lesser dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to late Eocene.^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

^ W. B. Scott (1888) "On some new and little know creodonts." Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9:155-185
^ H. N. Bryant. (1992) "The Carnivora of the Lac Pelletier Lower Fauna (Eocene Duchesnean), Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan." Journal of Paleontology 66(5):847-855
^ W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
^ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
^ Anthony R. Friscia and D. Tab Rassmussen (2010) „Middle Eocene Carnivoramorpha of the Uinta Basin, Utah”. Annals of Carnegie Museum, vol. 79 (1), pp. 51-63
^ W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn (1887.) "Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264
^ O. P. Hay (1902) "Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America." Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
^ E. P. Gustafson (1986) "Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas." Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66
^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521355193
^ Tomiya, Susumu; Tseng, Zhijie Jack (2016). "Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene 'Miacis' from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)". Royal Society Open Science. 3 (10): 160518. Bibcode:2016RSOS....3p0518T. doi:10.1098/rsos.160518. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5098994. PMID 27853569.

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[1] W. B. Scott (1888) "On some new and little know creodonts." Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9:155-185

[2] H. N. Bryant. (1992) "The Carnivora of the Lac Pelletier Lower Fauna (Eocene Duchesnean), Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan." Journal of Paleontology 66(5):847-855

[Matthew1909-3] W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

[4] J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138

[5] Anthony R. Friscia and D. Tab Rassmussen (2010) „Middle Eocene Carnivoramorpha of the Uinta Basin, Utah”. Annals of Carnegie Museum, vol. 79 (1), pp. 51-63

[Scott&Osborn1887-6] W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn (1887.) "Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264

[7] O. P. Hay (1902) "Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America." Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868

[8] E. P. Gustafson (1986) "Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas." Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66

[McKenna_&_Bell-9] McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[10] J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521355193

[TomiyaTseng2016-11] Tomiya, Susumu; Tseng, Zhijie Jack (2016). "Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene 'Miacis' from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)". Royal Society Open Science. 3 (10): 160518. Bibcode:2016RSOS....3p0518T. doi:10.1098/rsos.160518. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5098994. PMID 27853569.

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Miocyon Temporal range: 50.5–37.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early to late Eocene

lower jaw of Miocyon major
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Miocyon Matthew, 1909
Type species
†Miocyon scotti Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
†M. bathygnathus (Scott, 1888)^[1] †M. magnus (Bryant, 1992)^[2] †M. major (Matthew, 1909)^[3] †M. scotti (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)^[4] †M. vallisrubrae (Friscia & Rasmussen, 2010)^[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: M. bathygnathus: Miacis bathygnathus (Scott, 1888) Uintacyon bathygnathus (Matthew, 1909) M. major: Uintacyon major (Matthew, 1909) M. scotti: Amphicyon vulpinum (Scott & Osborn, 1887) Amphicyon vulpinus (Scott & Osborn, 1887) Miacis vulpinus (Matthew, 1909) Prodaphaenus scotti (Scott & Osborn, 1887)^[6] Uintacyon scotti (Matthew, 1909) Uintacyon vulpinus (Hay, 1902)^[7] M. vallisrubrae: Uintacyon scotti (Gustafson, 1986)^[8]