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Limnocyoninae
Late Paleocene to Late Eocene | |
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Skull of Limnocyon verus | |
lower jaw of Prolimnocyon antiquus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Limnocyoninae Wortman, 1902[1] |
Type genus | |
†Limnocyon Marsh, 1872 | |
Genera | |
Synonyms | |
list of synonyms: |
Limnocyoninae ("swamp dogs") is a subfamily of extinct predatory mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from late Paleocene to late Eocene deposits in North America and Asia.[5] Limnocyonines had only two molars in the upper and lower dentition.[6]
Limnocyonidae |
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