Nurocyon
Nurocyon Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | Caninae |
Tribe: | Canini |
Genus: | †Nurocyon Sotnikova, 2006 |
Species: | †N. chonokhariensis
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Binomial name | |
†Nurocyon chonokhariensis Sotnikova, 2006
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Nurocyon is an
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides). The overall structure of the skull is similar to the more primitive Eucyon.[1]
References
- ^ Sotnikova, M. (2006). "A new canid Nurocyon chonokhariensis gen. et sp. nov.(Canini, Canidae, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Mongolia" (PDF). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 256: 11. Retrieved 2008-05-04.