Eucyon
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†Eucyon
Tedford and Qiu (1996)
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Eucyon (Greek: true dog), is an extinct genus of small omnivorous fox-like canid endemic to North America during the Miocene living from 10.3—3.6 Ma and existed for approximately 6.7 million years. [1]
Taxonomy
Eucyon was named by Tedford and Qiu,[2] and was subsequently revised by Tedford et al. (2009).[3]
Fossil distribution
The fossil remains are confined to the Rio Grande, Texas, to western Oregon and to northern Nebraska.
It is thought that members of this genus reached the Asian continent about 6 million years ago, crossing the Beringian land bridge to Siberia and continuing on into Europe.[4]
References
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Eucyon, basic info
- ↑ R. H. Tedford and Z. Qiu. 1996. A new canid genus from the Pliocene of Yushe, Shanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui Dongwu Xuebao) 34(1):27-40
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