Dawsonicyon
Sign in to saveDawsonicyon ("Dawson's dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene. Fossils of type species Dawsonicyon isami are known from the ‘Bridger B’, site of Black's Fork member of the Bridger Formation in Wyoming, and includes an almost complete skeleton (holotype DMNH 19585).
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It sits within the topics Carnivoraformes, Eocene mammals and Extinct mammals of North America.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Dawsonicyon ("Dawson's dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene. Fossils of type species Dawsonicyon isami are known from the ‘Bridger B’, site of Black's Fork member of the Bridger Formation in Wyoming, and includes an almost complete skeleton (holotype DMNH 19585).
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