Uintacyon

Uintacyon is an extinct genus of Miacidae. There are at least two species in the genus; Uintacyon rudis and Uintacyon gingerichi, the latter being recently discovered.

Uintacyon[1] Temporal range: late Paleocene to middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Ferae
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	†Uintacyon Leidy, 1872
Type species
†Uintacyon edax
Species
†U. asodes †U. bathygnathous †U. edax †U. gingerichi †U. jugulans †U. massetericus †U. rudis †U. vorax

Notes

1. Heinrich et al., 2008

References

• Heinrich, R.E.; Strait, S.G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.

Sources

• Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp. 110–123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
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