Pyrocyon

Pyrocyon ("fire dog") is a genus of small carnivorous hyaenodontid that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Fossils of Pyrocyon have been found in Wyoming and Colorado.[3] Weight of Pyrocyon dioctetus has been estimated at around 2.6 kilograms.[4]

Pyrocyon
Temporal range: Wasatchian, 55.8–48.6 Ma
lower jaw of Pyrocyon dioctetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Genus: †Pyrocyon
Gingerich & Deustch, 1989
Type species
†Pyrocyon dioctetus
Gingerich & Deustch, 1989
Speacies
  • †Pyrocyon dioctetus
  • †Pyrocyon strenuus
Synonyms

Taxonomy
  • Genus: †Pyrocyon
    • †Pyrocyon dioctetus (Gingerich & Deustch, 1989)[5]
    • †Pyrocyon strenuus (Cope, 1875)[6]

References
  1. E. D. Cope. (1882.) "Contributions to the history of the Vertebrata of the lower Eocene of Wyoming and New Mexico, made during 1881." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20(111):139-197
  2. L. Van Valen. (1965.) "Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)." Palaeontology 8(4):638-665
  3. Paleobiology Database: Pyrocyon
  4. Egi, Naoko (2001). "Body mass estimates in extinct mammals from limb bone dimensions: the case of North American hyaenodontids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (3): 497–528.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Gingerich, Philip D., and Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  6. E. D. Cope. (1875.) "Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874." Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37
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