Mammacyon
Mammacyon Temporal range: Early Oligocene-Early Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Caniformia |
Superfamily: | Laurasiatheria |
Family: | Amphicyonidae |
Subfamily: | Temnocyoninae |
Genus: | †Mammacyon Loomis (1936) |
Species | |
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Mammacyon is an extinct genus of medium-sized amphicyonid caniformian carnivoran mammals endemic to North America during the Early Oligocene to Early Miocene living from 30.3—20.6 Ma and existed for approximately 9.7 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Mammacyon was named by Loomis (1936).[2] Its type is Mammacyon obtusidens. It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Loomis (1936) and Carroll (1988); and to Temnocyoninae by Hunt (1998).[3]
Morphology
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh 39.3 kg (87 lb).[4]
References
- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Mammacyon Basic info.
- ↑ F. B. Loomis. 1936. Journal of Paleontology 10(1)
- ↑ R. M. Hunt. 1998. Amphicyonidae. in C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs 196-227
- ↑ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98
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