Paraenhydrocyon

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Paraenhydrocyon
Fossil range: Early Oligocene - Early Miocene

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	†Hesperocyoninae
Genus:	†Paraenhydrocyon Wang, 1994

Type species

†Temnocyon wallovianus

Species

†P. robustus
†P. josephi (syn. Mesocyon hortulirosae)
†P. wallovianus (syn. Temnocyon venator)

Paraenhydrocyon ("beside Enhydrocyon") is a genus of the earliest-known doglike creatures, described by X. Wang in 1994. They were about the size of a coyote, and lived during the Oligocene era (33.3 to 20.6 million years ago). The oldest fossil record is of P. josephi[1].

[edit] References

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41232&is_real_user=0

v • d • e Extinct members of the family Canidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia

†Hesperocyoninae	†Prohesperocyon · †Hesperocyon · †Mesocyon · †Cynodesmus · †Sunkahetanka · †Philotrox · †Enhydrocyon · †Paraenhydrocyon · †Osbornodon · †Caedocyon · †Ectopocynus

†Borophaginae	†Archaeocyon · †Oxetocyon · †Otarocyon · †Rhizocyon · †Cynarctoides · †Phlaocyon · †Cormocyon · †Desmocyon · †Metatomarctus · †Euoplocyon · †Psalidocyon · †Microtomarctus · †Protomarctus · †Tephrocyon · †Paracynarctus · †Cynarctus · †Tomarctus · †Aelurodon · †Paratomarctus · †Carpocyon · †Protepicyon · †Epicyon · †Borophagus

Caninae (extinct genera)	†Leptocyon · †Prototocyon · †Eucyon · †Protocyon · †Theriodictis · †Dusicyon · †Nurocyon · †Xenocyon · †Cynotherium

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