Prolimnocyon | |
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lower jaw ofProlimnocyon antiquus | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Limnocyoninae |
Genus: | †Prolimnocyon Matthew, 1915 |
Type species | |
†Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew, 1915 | |
Species | |
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Prolimnocyon ("beforeLimnocyon") is anextinctparaphyleticgenus oflimnocyonidhyaenodonts that lived inAsia andNorth America during the latePaleocene to middleEocene.[6]Prolimnocyon chowi is the earliest known member of the hyaenodontid family Limnocyonidae.[7]
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