Paraenhydrocyon

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Paraenhydrocyon
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Skull of Paraenhydrocyon josephi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Hesperocyoninae
Genus: Paraenhydrocyon
Wang, 1994
Type species
Temnocyon wallovianus
Species
  • P. robustus Cope 1881
  • P. josephi Matthew 1907
  • P. wallovianus Cope 1881

Paraenhydrocyon ("beside

Ma, existing for approximately 5
million years. [1]

The dentition suggests that this animal was a

cusp on the lower molars.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ [1] Paraenhydrocyon at fossilworks
  2. ^ R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II