Chailicyon Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Genus: | †Chailicyon Chow (1975) |
Chailicyon is an extinct genus in the basal Carnivoramorph family Miacidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Eocene.
Taxonomy
Chailicyon was named by Chow (1975). It was assigned to Miacidae by Carroll (1988).
Sources
- McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.
- museum03.museumwww.naturekundmuseum-berlin.de
- The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America by Donald R. Prothero and Robert J. Emry ISBN 0-521-43387-8
Taxon identifiers | |
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Chailicyon |
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