Vassacyon

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Vassacyon
Temporal range: 57.2–50.5 
Ma
 late Paleocene to early Eocene
Skull of Vassacyon promicrodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade:
Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade:
Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Vassacyon
Matthew, 1909[1]
Type species
†Vassacyon promicrodon
Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Species
  • †V. bowni (Heinrich, 2008)[2]
  • †V. prieuri (Solé, 2016)[3]
  • †V. promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)[4]
  • †V. taxidiotis (Solé, 2013)[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • V. promicrodon:
    • Prodaphaenus promicrodon (Wortman, 1901)[6]
    • Uintacyon promicrodon (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)

Vassacyon ("

Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to early Eocene.[7][8][9]
It is considered the largest of the early Eocene mammals.

References

  1. ^ W. D. Matthew (1909) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
  2. S2CID 35030667
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  3. S2CID 87537565
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  4. ^ J. L. Wortman and W. D. Matthew (1899.) "The ancestry of certain members of the Canidae, the Viverridae, and Procyonidae." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(6):109-138
  5. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.001
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  6. ^ J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206
  7. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9
    . Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
  9. S2CID 128700977
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