Chailicyon
| Chailicyon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Miacidae |
| Genus: | †Chailicyon Chow (1975) |
Chailicyon is an extinct genus in the basal carnivoran family Miacidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Eocene.[1]
Taxonomy
Chailicyon was named by Chow (1975). It was assigned to Canidae by Carroll (1988).
Sources
- 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