Limnocyon

Limnocyon
Temporal range: Eocene, 50.3–40.4 Ma
Ventral view of a Limnocyon skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Family: †Hyaenodontidae
Subfamily: †Limnocyoninae
Genus: †Limnocyon
Type species
Limnocyon verus
Marsh, 1872
Species
  • †L. cuspidens Morlo and Gunnel, 2005
  • †L. medius Wortman, 1902
  • †L. potens Matthew, 1909
  • †L. velox Marsh, 1872
  • †L. verus Marsh, 1872

Limnocyon is a genus of hyaenodontid creodont that lived in North America during the middle Eocene, existing for approximately 10 million years. Fossils of this animal have been found in California, Utah and Wyoming.[1]

Description

Limnocyon was a small omnivorous hyaenodontid, with some estimates placing it at less than one kilogram in weight.[1] Like other limnocyonines, Limnocyon had only two molars in the upper and lower dentition.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Paleobiology Database: Limnocyon
  2. ↑ Michael Morlo and Gregg F. Gunnell (2005). "New Species of Limnocyon (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Bridgerian (Middle Eocene)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (1): 251–255. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0251:nsolmc]2.0.co;2.


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