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| Limnocyon
middle Eocene | |
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| Skull of Limnocyon verus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Limnocyoninae |
| Genus: | †Limnocyon Marsh, 1872 |
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| †Limnocyon verus Marsh, 1872 | |
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Limnocyon ("swamp dog") is an extinct paraphyletic genusoflimnocyonid hyaenodonts that lived in North America during the middle Eocene. Fossils of this animal have been found in California, Utah and Wyoming.[7]
Limnocyon was a small omnivorous hyaenodontid, with some estimates placing it at less than 1 kg in weight.[7] Like other limnocyonids, Limnocyon had only two molars in the upper and lower dentition.[1]
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