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Vassacyon ("wasatchian dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to early Eocene. It is considered the largest of the early Eocene mammals.

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Carnivoraformes
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Vassacyon promicrodon.jpg
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taxon name
Vassacyon
taxon rank
genus
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Vassacyon
time period
Ypresian
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Vassacyon ("wasatchian dog") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to early Eocene. It is considered the largest of the early Eocene mammals.

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