Procynodictis Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivoramorpha |
Family: | †Miacidae |
Genus: | †Procynodictis Wortman and Matthew (1899) |
Type species | |
†Procynodictis vulpiceps |
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Procynodictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It was first named by Wortman and Matthew in 1899, and contains two species: P. progressus and P. vulpiceps. It was identified as an ancestor of Hesperocyon.