Gobicyon

Gobicyon
Temporal range: 13.6–11.6 Ma
↓
Middle Miocene - Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Gobicyon
Colbert (1839)

Gobicyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore belonging to the dog family ("Canidae") endemic to Central Asia from the Early Miocene subepoch through to the Late Miocene subepoch 13.6—11.6 Ma, existing for approximately 2 million years.[1]

Gobicyon was named by Edwin Harris Colbert in 1939.

Fossil distribution

Tong Xin, Central China.

Sister genera

Alopex, Caedocyon, Canis (synonymous with Aenocyon, Lyciscus), Cerdocyon, Chailicyon, Chrysocyon, Cuon, Cynodesmus, Cynotherium, Dusicyon, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon (syn. Hyaenocyon), Eucyon, Hesperocyon (synonymous with Pseudocynodictis), Leptocyon, Mesocyon (synonymous with Hypotemnodon), Neocynodesmus, Nyctereutes, Osbornodon, Otocyon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Protocyon, Prototocyon, Pseudalopex, Sunkahetanka, Theriodictis, Urocyon, Vulpes.

Sources

  1. ↑ Paleobiology Database: Gobicyon, age range and collections


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