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Extinct genus of carnivores

Chailicyon
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. 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.
Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora
Pan-Carnivora
Pan-Carnivora
Carnivoramorpha
  • See Carnivoramorpha below ↓
Hyaenodonta
  • See Hyaenodonta below ↓
Oxyaenodonta
  • See Oxyaenodonta below ↓
WyolestidaeWyolestes
Hyaenodonta
Hyaenodontoidea
Hyaenodontidae
Proviverridae
†Afro‑Arabian
clade
Indohyaenodontidae
Hyainailouroidea
Hyainailouridae
Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade
Apterodontinae
Hyainailourinae
Akhnatenavus clade
Hyainailourini
Prionogalidae
Teratodontinae
other representatives
Arfia clade
Galecyon clade
Lahimia clade
Limnocyonidae
Sinopidae
ichnotaxa
of Hyaenodonta
Oxyaenodonta
Oxyaenidae
Machaeroidinae
Oxyaeninae
Palaeonictinae
Tytthaeninae
Carnivoramorpha
Carnivoraformes
(Clade "A")
Clade "B"
Quercygalidae
Gracilocyon/Oodectes clade
Clade "C"
Clade "D"
Carnivora
(Clade "E")
Caniformia(See Caniformia)
Feliformia(See Feliformia)
other representatives
ichnotaxa of
Carnivoraformes
Viverravoidea
Viverravidae
Didymictinae
Ictidopappinae
Viverravinae
Incertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Chailicyon


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