Pyrocyon

Pyrocyon; Temporal range: Wasatchian, 55.8–50.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Creodonta
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily:	†Hyaenodontinae
Genus:	†Pyrocyon
Type species
	Pyrocyon dioctetus; Gingerich and Deustch, 1989

Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is a genus of small carnivorous hyaenodontid that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming.^[1] Its weight has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon
↑ Egi, Naoko (2001). "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (3): 497–528.
↑ Gingerich, Philip D., and Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.

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[pbd-1] Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon

[2] Egi, Naoko (2001). "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (3): 497–528.

[3] Gingerich, Philip D., and Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.