Dawsonicyon: Difference between revisions

'''''Dawsonicyon''''' ("[[Mary R. Dawson|Dawson's]] dog") is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of placental mammals from clade [[Carnivoraformes]], that lived in [[North America]] from early to middle [[Eocene]].<ref name="Dawsonicyon">{{Cite journal |author1=Michelle Spaulding |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Richard K. Stucky |year=2010 |title=A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=815–832 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00963.x |bibcode=2010Palgy..53..815S |doi-access=free}}</ref> Fossils of type species ''Dawsonicyon isami'' are known from the ‘Bridger B’, site of [[Black’s Fork member]] of the [[Bridger Formation]] in [[Wyoming]], and includes an almost complete [[skeleton]] ([[holotype]] DMNH 19585).<ref name="Dawsonicyon"/>

==Phylogeny==

The phylogenetic relationships of genus ''Dawsonicyon'' are shown in the following cladogram:<ref name="asdff">{{cite book |last1=Flynn |first1=John J. |last2=Finarelli |first2=John A. |last3=Spaulding |first3=Michelle |year=2010 |chapter=Phylogeny of the Carnivora and Carnivoramorpha, and the use of the fossil record to enhance understanding of evolutionary transformations |editor-last=Goswami |editor-first=Anjali |editor-last2=Friscia |editor-first2=Anthony |title=Carnivoran evolution. New views on phylogeny, form and function |url=https://archive.org/details/carnivoranevolut00gosw |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume= |isbn=9781139193436 |doi=10.1017/CBO9781139193436.003 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/carnivoranevolut00gosw/page/25 25]–63}}</ref><ref name="SoléSmith2014">{{cite journal |last1=Solé |first1=Floréal |last2=Smith |first2=Richard |last3=Coillot |first3=Tiphaine |last4=de Bast |first4=Eric |last5=Smith |first5=Thierry |title=Dental and tarsal anatomy of ''Miacis latouri'' and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=1 |year=2014 |issn=0272-4634 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.793195 |pages=1–21|bibcode=2014JVPal..34....1S |s2cid=86207013 }}</ref><ref name="SoléSmith2016">{{cite journal |last1=Solé |first1=Floréal |last2=Smith |first2=Thierry |last3=De Bast |first3=Eric |last4=Codrea |first4=Vlad |last5=Gheerbrant |first5=Emmanuel |title=New carnivoraforms from the latest Paleocene of Europe and their bearing on the origin and radiation of Carnivoraformes (Carnivoramorpha, Mammalia) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=2 |year=2016 |pages=e1082480 |issn=0272-4634 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2016.1082480|bibcode=2016JVPal..36E2480S |s2cid=87537565 }}</ref><ref name="Tomiya2021">{{Cite journal |last1=Tomiya |first1=S. |last2=Zack |first2=S. P. |last3=Spaulding |first3=M. |last4=Flynn |first4=J. J. |title=Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world |year=2021 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=95 |issue=Supplement S82 |pages=1–115 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2020.74|bibcode=2021JPal...95S...1T |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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|3=†''[[Ravenictis]]''

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|label2=&nbsp;'''?'''&nbsp; |state2=dotted

|2=†[[Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 31176)|Carnivoramorpha sp. (''UALVP 31176'')]]

|label3=&nbsp;'''?'''&nbsp; |state3=dotted

|3=†[[Carnivoramorpha sp. (USNM 538395)|Carnivoramorpha sp. (''USNM 538395'')]]

|label4=&nbsp;'''?'''&nbsp; |state4=dotted

|4=†''[[Sinopa insectivorus|"Sinopa" insectivorus]]''

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|1=†''[[Gracilocyon|Gracilocyon rosei]]''

|2=†''[[Gracilocyon|Gracilocyon rundlei]]''

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|5=†''[[Paramiacis]]''

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|3={{Uline|c=blue|&nbsp;†''[[Uintacyon|Uintacyon asodes]]''&nbsp;}}

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|1={{Uline|c=blue|&nbsp;†''[[Uintacyon|Uintacyon gingerichi]]''&nbsp;}}

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|1=†''[[Miocyon]]''

|2=†''[[Simamphicyon]]''

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|2=†''[[Vassacyon]]''

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|2=†''[[Miacis exiguus|"Miacis" exiguus]]''

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|2=†''[[Miacis deutschi|"Miacis" deutschi]]''

}}

|3=†''[[Africtis]]''

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|5=†''Dawsonicyon isami''

|6=†''[[Miacis boqinghensis|"Miacis" boqinghensis]]''

|7=†''[[Miacis hookwayi|"Miacis" hookwayi]]''

|8=†''[[Miacis latidens|"Miacis" latidens]]''

|9=†''[[Miacis petilus|"Miacis" petilus]]''

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|1={{clade

|1=†''[[Lycarion]]''

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|label2=&nbsp;'''?'''&nbsp; |state2=dotted

|2=†''[[Ceruttia]]''

|3=†''[[Miacis invictus|"Miacis" invictus]]''

|4=†''[[Miacis lushiensis|"Miacis" lushiensis]]''

|5=†''[[Neovulpavus]]''

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|thickness3=2

|1={{clade

|1=†''[[Harpalodon]]''

|2=†''[[Procynodictis]]''

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|2=†''[[Prodaphaenus]]''

|label3=&nbsp;'''?'''&nbsp; |state3=dotted

|3=†''[[Walshius]]''

|4={{clade

|1=†''[[Miacis gracilis|"Miacis" gracilis]]''

|2=†''[[Tapocyon]]''

|3=[[Carnivora|'''Carnivora''' {{small|(''sensu stricto'')}}]] [[File:Dogs,_jackals,_wolves,_and_foxes_(Plate_XI).jpg|50px]]

}} }} }} }} }} }}

==See also==

* [[Mammal classification]]

* [[Carnivoraformes]]

[[Category:Carnivoraformes|†]]