Cormocyon
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| Cormocyon Temporal range:
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| File:Cormocyon AMNH.jpg | |
| Cormocyon haydeni, American Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Genus: | †Cormocyon Wang and Tedford, 1992 |
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| File:Cormocyon range.png | |
| Range of Cormocyon based on fossil distribution | |
Cormocyon is an extinct genus of borophagine canid native to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 30.8—20.6 Mya, existing for about 10.2 million years.[1] It is regarded as a primitive, transitional member of the Borophagini tribe.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Cormocyon Taxonomy, Species
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